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Time Jumper
"MINDBLOWING FANTASY THRILLER! Your ideas about reality will never be the same." - A.C. Crispin - New York Times Bestselling author of the STARBRIDGE series, numerous STAR WARS and STAR TREK titles, and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: The Price of Freedom.
In a family with a long line of “witchers,” Ethan West exhibits the ability to see across time and space at an early age. Punished mercilessly by his mother to suppress his power, Ethan grows to adulthood in the present-day Maryland countryside learning to hide his gifts, only exercising them to make a modest living. He achieves brief happiness by marrying the love of his life, but normalcy doesn’t last long. In a thunderstorm, Ethan’s wife, Bethany, is vaporized by a freak lightning strike. Like a whisper in the wind, he hears Beth’s thoughts and knows she still exists somewhere, somewhen.
If he can see across time, why can't he inhabit one of those times? Ethan takes on a quest that will shatter his understanding of reality and require Herculean efforts to master time and space to rejoin the woman he loves. But to do so, he must make a devil's deal with an unscrupulous scientist whose only goal is power, no matter who gets hurt.
TIME JUMPER asks the question every classic thriller presents: Who will prevail?
In a family with a long line of “witchers,” Ethan West exhibits the ability to see across time and space at an early age. Punished mercilessly by his mother to suppress his power, Ethan grows to adulthood in the present-day Maryland countryside learning to hide his gifts, only exercising them to make a modest living. He achieves brief happiness by marrying the love of his life, but normalcy doesn’t last long. In a thunderstorm, Ethan’s wife, Bethany, is vaporized by a freak lightning strike. Like a whisper in the wind, he hears Beth’s thoughts and knows she still exists somewhere, somewhen.
If he can see across time, why can't he inhabit one of those times? Ethan takes on a quest that will shatter his understanding of reality and require Herculean efforts to master time and space to rejoin the woman he loves. But to do so, he must make a devil's deal with an unscrupulous scientist whose only goal is power, no matter who gets hurt.
TIME JUMPER asks the question every classic thriller presents: Who will prevail?
313 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2017
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December 5, 2017
Time Jumper, Matthew Bayan
First Thought:
Started out as a typical government-experiements-to-gain-power story but escalated into something so much more.
Story & Plot:
I like this author’s style of writing. Similar to Any Weir in style and pacing. Explains what’s going on but doesn’t reveal too much. And each detail you read is actually important for later on in the plot.
I thought the author got overdone with the Battle of Anteheim but he was accurate in the historical import and detail of the event. In history, some say that the plans from Robert E. Lee got into the hands of the Union. Though the story is not specific on this point, it is implied how that happened.
Ethan used his gift of psychic insite to enrich himself modestly. This was noticed by others who played the stock market and winning more than usual and reported this to a government lackey, Churchill. Churchill’s idea is to use Ethan in an experiment that increases Ethan’s psychic ability.
In doing so Ethan unleashes power he never knew he had. With the help of the drug he’s able to leave his body as a spiritual being, traverse the universal time lines and is drawn to the Civil War era, 1862. There he meets a cast of characters that bring the story to its end.
Ealier I thougth he got too much into the Civil War era, being pursued and “switching” bodies to find his own true love, lost in a lightning storm earlier in the book. Regardless the pacing was fast and frankly I could not put the book down.
Some loose ends were on what happened to certain characters but even this gets swept up at the end. Did it happen or not?
Final Thoughts:
If you like historical fiction and science fiction with some philosophy on the spirit, mind and body, check out this short Young Adult novel. You’ll be amazed how it all turns out.
Highly recommended.
First Thought:
Started out as a typical government-experiements-to-gain-power story but escalated into something so much more.
Story & Plot:
I like this author’s style of writing. Similar to Any Weir in style and pacing. Explains what’s going on but doesn’t reveal too much. And each detail you read is actually important for later on in the plot.
I thought the author got overdone with the Battle of Anteheim but he was accurate in the historical import and detail of the event. In history, some say that the plans from Robert E. Lee got into the hands of the Union. Though the story is not specific on this point, it is implied how that happened.
Ethan used his gift of psychic insite to enrich himself modestly. This was noticed by others who played the stock market and winning more than usual and reported this to a government lackey, Churchill. Churchill’s idea is to use Ethan in an experiment that increases Ethan’s psychic ability.
In doing so Ethan unleashes power he never knew he had. With the help of the drug he’s able to leave his body as a spiritual being, traverse the universal time lines and is drawn to the Civil War era, 1862. There he meets a cast of characters that bring the story to its end.
Ealier I thougth he got too much into the Civil War era, being pursued and “switching” bodies to find his own true love, lost in a lightning storm earlier in the book. Regardless the pacing was fast and frankly I could not put the book down.
Some loose ends were on what happened to certain characters but even this gets swept up at the end. Did it happen or not?
Final Thoughts:
If you like historical fiction and science fiction with some philosophy on the spirit, mind and body, check out this short Young Adult novel. You’ll be amazed how it all turns out.
Highly recommended.
August 29, 2020
Time Jumper
Quite an intriguing story. Very good explanation of this author's version of how thought, time, distance and spirit.
I thought it was well written and you were drawn into the story.
However, I was thought at first the war section was long however it all tied together as the story came to a conclusion.
Quite an intriguing story. Very good explanation of this author's version of how thought, time, distance and spirit.
I thought it was well written and you were drawn into the story.
However, I was thought at first the war section was long however it all tied together as the story came to a conclusion.
January 31, 2021
Great read
So very hard to put down. I had to stay up to finish until after 2am. Thought provoking in the concept of time. But a story of the beautiful power of love and the horrible power of greed and vengence.
So very hard to put down. I had to stay up to finish until after 2am. Thought provoking in the concept of time. But a story of the beautiful power of love and the horrible power of greed and vengence.
November 9, 2020
Unconventional but enjoyable
It’s a time travel book, but it doesn’t go the usual way. I really enjoyed it, and I liked the characters. I think that Jasper was my real favorite n
It’s a time travel book, but it doesn’t go the usual way. I really enjoyed it, and I liked the characters. I think that Jasper was my real favorite n
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May 27, 2023This was a hard read as it is not my usual genre but I did enjoy it as a change to crime/detective
January 10, 2025
Enjoyable.
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