What do you think?
Rate this book
Future Shock
A thousand years in the future, human civilisation has been driven to the brink of extinction by the Killers, a mysterious alien race seemingly intent on exterminating every other form of sentient life. Desperately fleeing utter annihilation, a handful of starships use an experimental stardrive in a bid to escape, only to find themselves thrown back in time to the dawn of the First Interstellar War in 2308, where mankind is making its first stand against an alien foe. And they are not alone.
For the time travellers, it is a chance to rewrite history, to end the war quickly with futuristic technology, speed up the development of a post-scarcity society and prepare the human race for the second inevitable encounter with genocidal aliens. For the contemporary humans, their mere arrival is devastating; future technology threatens to undermine their society, future historical records name heroes and villains alike before they make their mark, future attitudes and values challenge everything they hold dear.
With two alien enemies breathing down their necks, and the fate of humanity itself in the balance, both sides have to cooperate. But as the impact of the sudden change in history spreads, and time itself is changed beyond all recognition, the threat to humanity may come from human nature itself …
For the time travellers, it is a chance to rewrite history, to end the war quickly with futuristic technology, speed up the development of a post-scarcity society and prepare the human race for the second inevitable encounter with genocidal aliens. For the contemporary humans, their mere arrival is devastating; future technology threatens to undermine their society, future historical records name heroes and villains alike before they make their mark, future attitudes and values challenge everything they hold dear.
With two alien enemies breathing down their necks, and the fate of humanity itself in the balance, both sides have to cooperate. But as the impact of the sudden change in history spreads, and time itself is changed beyond all recognition, the threat to humanity may come from human nature itself …
- GenresScience Fiction
463 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 3, 2025
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
October 18, 2025
Sadly this was not a book for me.
If I am honest I had my doubts already when reading the book blurb and I’m afraid my suspicions were confirmed.
Now, this is not at all a bad book. It is actually a very good book, well written in all aspect as I have come to expect from the author, Christopher Nuttall.
The problem I have with this book is that the story quite quickly turned into one that is not at all my (personal) cup of tea.
It begins well enough with a number of military ships from the future ending up in the past. Naturally these ships are vastly superior to anything around in that time so there’s a lot of surprises and wow events which were really cool.
However, then it rapidly devolved into an odyssey into the land of human stupidity, greed and politics at its worst. In short, the kind of story that I absolutely despise.
This is a bit of a weakness of Christopher Nuttall. He can write military stories, fantasy stories etc. very well but he to often wants to delve into politics and social issues.
For me, unfortunately, it ruined the rest of the book. I have some serious doubts as to whether I will pick up the second book in the series.
If I am honest I had my doubts already when reading the book blurb and I’m afraid my suspicions were confirmed.
Now, this is not at all a bad book. It is actually a very good book, well written in all aspect as I have come to expect from the author, Christopher Nuttall.
The problem I have with this book is that the story quite quickly turned into one that is not at all my (personal) cup of tea.
It begins well enough with a number of military ships from the future ending up in the past. Naturally these ships are vastly superior to anything around in that time so there’s a lot of surprises and wow events which were really cool.
However, then it rapidly devolved into an odyssey into the land of human stupidity, greed and politics at its worst. In short, the kind of story that I absolutely despise.
This is a bit of a weakness of Christopher Nuttall. He can write military stories, fantasy stories etc. very well but he to often wants to delve into politics and social issues.
For me, unfortunately, it ruined the rest of the book. I have some serious doubts as to whether I will pick up the second book in the series.
May 27, 2026
I used to read a lot of Nuttall's extensive collection of low cost novels. But weren't they more enjoyable than this? Disappointing.
October 30, 2025
Time Traveler Treachery
This is one of Nuttall’s best. A small fleet of mostly human ships make a desperate jump and ends three centuries in their past. Just in time to defeat an alien fleet attacking Earth. But that throws off the timeline, and the differences make decisions difficult. First novel of a series.
This is one of Nuttall’s best. A small fleet of mostly human ships make a desperate jump and ends three centuries in their past. Just in time to defeat an alien fleet attacking Earth. But that throws off the timeline, and the differences make decisions difficult. First novel of a series.
November 11, 2025
An excellent examination of the effects of time travel
A very interesting story of refugees from a post scarcity society encountering a near future human world with all our national divisions still in existence. I hope the next book is well on its way to completion. As always Mr. Nuttall's story is engaging and well told.
A very interesting story of refugees from a post scarcity society encountering a near future human world with all our national divisions still in existence. I hope the next book is well on its way to completion. As always Mr. Nuttall's story is engaging and well told.
January 2, 2026
A Very Interesting Story
As usual, Chris Nuttall has written a book that kept me up late and on the edge of my seat. The writing was crisp and concise and free of both grammatical and plot errors that I have found in other recent books. All-in-all a good read and worth the time and money.
As usual, Chris Nuttall has written a book that kept me up late and on the edge of my seat. The writing was crisp and concise and free of both grammatical and plot errors that I have found in other recent books. All-in-all a good read and worth the time and money.
October 14, 2025
Time Travel mmm
Normally dont like stories with time travel but this looks to be heading in the right direction. Looking forward to the next in series.
Normally dont like stories with time travel but this looks to be heading in the right direction. Looking forward to the next in series.
October 15, 2025
Great story
I cannot wait to see what Chris has in mind for this story! Will post scarcity people be willing to knuckle down and work for their future? So interesting !!!
I cannot wait to see what Chris has in mind for this story! Will post scarcity people be willing to knuckle down and work for their future? So interesting !!!
October 23, 2025
Always Great
Chris has had my attention for years now. My Nuttail file on my Kindle is huge. Another great story by a master of the art. Thank you
Chris has had my attention for years now. My Nuttail file on my Kindle is huge. Another great story by a master of the art. Thank you
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews