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The Chronos Files
Splinter
This CHRONOS Files short story appeared originally in CLONES: The Anthology
A familiar blip of green light in the corner of his room has Kiernan Dunne hoping the new arrival is Kate, so that he can abandon the rescue he’s planning. But the time traveler who just blinked in is a future version of Kiernan, and judging from the number scrawled on his forehead, he’s not the only copy.
A familiar blip of green light in the corner of his room has Kiernan Dunne hoping the new arrival is Kate, so that he can abandon the rescue he’s planning. But the time traveler who just blinked in is a future version of Kiernan, and judging from the number scrawled on his forehead, he’s not the only copy.
30 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 17, 2016
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About the author
Rysa Walker
74 books1,521 followersRYSA WALKER is the author of the bestselling CHRONOS Files series. Timebound, the first book in the series, was the Young Adult and Grand Prize winner in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. The CHRONOS Files has sold nearly half a million copies since 2013 and has been translated into fourteen languages.
In addition to speculative fiction, she occasionally writes mysteries as C. Rysa Walker.
Rysa currently resides in North Carolina with her husband, two youngest sons, and a hyperactive golden retriever. When not working on the next installment in her CHRONOS Files universe, she watches shows where travelers boldly go to galaxies far away, or reads about magical creatures and superheroes from alternate timelines. She has neither the time nor the patience for reality TV.
If you see her on social media, please tell her to get back into the writing cave.
For updates, check her website: www.rysa.com.
In addition to speculative fiction, she occasionally writes mysteries as C. Rysa Walker.
Rysa currently resides in North Carolina with her husband, two youngest sons, and a hyperactive golden retriever. When not working on the next installment in her CHRONOS Files universe, she watches shows where travelers boldly go to galaxies far away, or reads about magical creatures and superheroes from alternate timelines. She has neither the time nor the patience for reality TV.
If you see her on social media, please tell her to get back into the writing cave.
For updates, check her website: www.rysa.com.
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March 29, 2017
This was so interesting! Seeing the rescue from Kiernan’s point of view! I didn’t know I wanted this until I got it. In the main series it makes it seem like he just has to blink in a few times, and then succeeds. This short story makes me appreciate the rescue a lot more!
I’m glad the whole splintering thing was explained more in this. It happens a few times in the main series, but this really goes into it.
It was also nice to see Jess again.
And that’s it. Aside from finishing the comics, this is the last new thing to read in the CHRONOS world. I’m so sad!
I’m glad the whole splintering thing was explained more in this. It happens a few times in the main series, but this really goes into it.
It was also nice to see Jess again.
And that’s it. Aside from finishing the comics, this is the last new thing to read in the CHRONOS world. I’m so sad!
December 19, 2016
As a huge fan of Rysa Walker's Chronos Files series, I was thrilled to read a story from Kiernan's POV/s of his rescue of Kate from real life serial killer H.H. Holmes during the 1893 Chicago's World Fair. I always wondered how Kiernan pulled it off, but never imagined it as trippy as it ended up being. (Time trippy, actually!) Rysa pulled no punches in this wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey storyline. Loved it!
January 31, 2019
Don’t know how I missed this book when reading the series.
December 19, 2018
A great quick read!
I love all of the Chronos Files books, but it’s great to learn more about the story from different perspectives!
I love all of the Chronos Files books, but it’s great to learn more about the story from different perspectives!
March 3, 2023
Author Rysa Walker continues Kiernan Dunne's story with this shorty story about how a splinter (a temporal splinter) comes pops into his room and tells him that in 25 days he will attempt to save his love from the evil Holems. But besides telling his younger self that Kiernan also gets the splinters memories and he remembers Holems shooting him. So Kiernan takes the warning to heart but still goes back to 1893 where there are many many splinters and there he then tries and tries to save Kate. But at one point he dose makes a sound to distract Holems but Kate here's it instead and is splashed with acid. He then travels back a few more minutes to undo what had happened. This is a great time-travel short story and I'm looking forward to reading the next chapter in this series. I highly recommend this story for all science fiction and time-travel fans.
July 30, 2020
The character of Keirnan was one of my favorite characters of this series; so I was excited to see a short story about him! I wish this story was a little longer in length! The author explores the concept of splinters (which Simon explains in the original series) and it is a very fascinating concept. I loved s of the seeing more of Keirnan's personality and his love for his Kate. This is a MUST READ for fans of the Original CHRONOS files; and of course all of Keirnan's fan base!
December 18, 2018
Good short story
It was interesting to see the events at the end of the first book in the CHRONOS Files series play out from Kiernan's point of view. He describes trying several times, and it is interesting to see how he used himself to save Kate, and faced disappearing. Time travel can definitely give me a headache.
It was interesting to see the events at the end of the first book in the CHRONOS Files series play out from Kiernan's point of view. He describes trying several times, and it is interesting to see how he used himself to save Kate, and faced disappearing. Time travel can definitely give me a headache.
August 23, 2022
This short story fills in another interstitial event from the Timebound and Time's Echo storyline; and, this time it's again from Kiernan's point of view. Walker's ability to create suspense even when the reader know the outcome is front and center. And, it fills in details for both Timebound and Time's Echo. A very worthy addition to the Chronos Files.
March 22, 2020
A good explanation...
Of the events in the first book, where Kirnen saves Kate at H. H. Holmes hotel at the Worlds Fair in 1893.
Of the events in the first book, where Kirnen saves Kate at H. H. Holmes hotel at the Worlds Fair in 1893.
April 4, 2021
Glad to get more details on one of my favorite characters, Kiernan.
May 1, 2021
This was a good travel back in time to see a key moment in the first book seen from another perspective. A must read for fans of the series.
May 22, 2022
Well, have read most in the new anthology already. Not sure it is worth buying any more piece meal. But it was fun to read about a portion of Kiernan's story!
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December 21, 2016
Splinter is a short story by Rysa Walker that fits neatly with her Chronos Files stories, Timebound, Time's Edge, and Time's Divide. Possibly a stand alone story. Hard to decide as I have read (and enjoyed!) the three. If you read as a stand alone you will be wanting to read the other three!
January 18, 2017
Great short story (very quick read!) about a small but important part of the trilogy. I have enjoyed the stories from Keirnan's perspective. This gives you a little more information on the effects of time travel.
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