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Second Chances Box Set: Books 1-4
Time travel fans will love this collection of fresh, new approaches to the genre - available for the first time in one complete box set.
Each story in this four book set is a standalone spin-off featuring characters and situations from the accompanying Time Bubble series. For that series, please search for The Time Bubble box set.
1 Midlife Crisis
A middle aged man whose life is going nowhere is offered the chance to live any six days of his life over again.
2 Rock Bottom
Kay's life has gone badly off track - until her younger self appears to her in the mirror to offer her a lifeline.
3 My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday
A man who has recently died finds himself brought back to life - but now he's living his life backwards, one day at a time.
4 Happy New Year
Amy's not a fan of New Year's Eve, especially when she becomes stuck in a time loop, living every one over again in reverse.
Each story in this four book set is a standalone spin-off featuring characters and situations from the accompanying Time Bubble series. For that series, please search for The Time Bubble box set.
1 Midlife Crisis
A middle aged man whose life is going nowhere is offered the chance to live any six days of his life over again.
2 Rock Bottom
Kay's life has gone badly off track - until her younger self appears to her in the mirror to offer her a lifeline.
3 My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday
A man who has recently died finds himself brought back to life - but now he's living his life backwards, one day at a time.
4 Happy New Year
Amy's not a fan of New Year's Eve, especially when she becomes stuck in a time loop, living every one over again in reverse.
922 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 13, 2019
About the author
Jason Ayres
186 books128 followersJason Ayres is a bestselling British time travel author whose books combine humour, nostalgia, romance, drama and imaginative science fiction.
Since publishing his first novel in 2014, he has written twenty-four books and sold more than 250,000 copies. His character-driven stories follow ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations, whether travelling into the future, returning to the past, exploring parallel universes, or being given a second chance to change their lives.
Jason is best known for The Time Bubble, a complete fifteen-book British time travel series spanning the past, future and alternative timelines, and A Year in the Life, a bestselling anthology of standalone time travel novels set in 1980s Britain. He is also the author of The Ronnie and Bernard Adventures, which blend British comedy, mystery, horror and time travel.
His nostalgic 1980s fiction is particularly popular with readers who remember the decade, drawing on British music, television, popular culture and everyday life. Many of his books are available on Kindle Unlimited, as well as in paperback and audiobook.
Find out more at:
https://www.jasonayres.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/TheTimeBubble/
Since publishing his first novel in 2014, he has written twenty-four books and sold more than 250,000 copies. His character-driven stories follow ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations, whether travelling into the future, returning to the past, exploring parallel universes, or being given a second chance to change their lives.
Jason is best known for The Time Bubble, a complete fifteen-book British time travel series spanning the past, future and alternative timelines, and A Year in the Life, a bestselling anthology of standalone time travel novels set in 1980s Britain. He is also the author of The Ronnie and Bernard Adventures, which blend British comedy, mystery, horror and time travel.
His nostalgic 1980s fiction is particularly popular with readers who remember the decade, drawing on British music, television, popular culture and everyday life. Many of his books are available on Kindle Unlimited, as well as in paperback and audiobook.
Find out more at:
https://www.jasonayres.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/TheTimeBubble/
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February 27, 2020
Time travel writing talent
I’ve read th whole of the Second Chance series as well as all the Time Bubble books, I would highly recommend getting into them. Highly imaginative and totally original these series of books will keep you gripped and entertained for a fair while. Then you can go back in time and read them all again!
I’ve read th whole of the Second Chance series as well as all the Time Bubble books, I would highly recommend getting into them. Highly imaginative and totally original these series of books will keep you gripped and entertained for a fair while. Then you can go back in time and read them all again!
October 19, 2019
Make Time to Read This...
As an avid fan of Jason Ayres’ Time Bubbke series I was delighted to discover this spin off which sees members of the public located in the area around the original Bubble experience their own individual time travel experiences. These 5 full length stories retain the tone of the original stories while managing to be a comfy pair of old slippers and refreshingly new at the same time. I highly recommend these stories (including the original Time Bubble series) to fans of Dr Who, Back to the Future and good stories in general. As the title says Make Time To Read This...
As an avid fan of Jason Ayres’ Time Bubbke series I was delighted to discover this spin off which sees members of the public located in the area around the original Bubble experience their own individual time travel experiences. These 5 full length stories retain the tone of the original stories while managing to be a comfy pair of old slippers and refreshingly new at the same time. I highly recommend these stories (including the original Time Bubble series) to fans of Dr Who, Back to the Future and good stories in general. As the title says Make Time To Read This...
May 12, 2019
Fantastic Time Ride!
I think it's important to tell you straightaway you really NEED to read "The Time Bubble" box-set before getting into this one as it lays all the groundwork for this one!!! Both are great reads with extremely innovative takes on time-traveling! The characters are well developed and you will experience some very different worlds! I've read many novels about time-travellers but these two box-sets are unique! Buckle your seat belts, you're in for a bumpy ride!!!!
I think it's important to tell you straightaway you really NEED to read "The Time Bubble" box-set before getting into this one as it lays all the groundwork for this one!!! Both are great reads with extremely innovative takes on time-traveling! The characters are well developed and you will experience some very different worlds! I've read many novels about time-travellers but these two box-sets are unique! Buckle your seat belts, you're in for a bumpy ride!!!!
April 11, 2020
Amazing series, of time travel, the angst of personal history, and how our social and private environment changes experience. Written from unique characters, over the same span of time, this series is filled with delightful insight. Each book could be read all on it's own, and yet together they make a brilliant story of all the characters of millennial Oxford greater than the sum of it's parts.
I do recommend you enjoy the Time Bubble series before this, mostly to capture some of the scientific explanations for the mechanism that transports Kent, Amy, Kay, and 'Doctor' Gardner in Second Chances. It is not essential, and yet this other series TTBT is a delightful foundation to read too.
I do recommend you enjoy the Time Bubble series before this, mostly to capture some of the scientific explanations for the mechanism that transports Kent, Amy, Kay, and 'Doctor' Gardner in Second Chances. It is not essential, and yet this other series TTBT is a delightful foundation to read too.
May 28, 2019
The best time travel books I have ever read!!
As a big fan of time travel stories I was delighted to find this box set on Amazon.in my honest opinion it's the best book set on time travel that I have ever read, great story line and the tie up at the end left me feeling satisfied, can't wait to read more of this author - I would give it 10 stars.
As a big fan of time travel stories I was delighted to find this box set on Amazon.in my honest opinion it's the best book set on time travel that I have ever read, great story line and the tie up at the end left me feeling satisfied, can't wait to read more of this author - I would give it 10 stars.
August 5, 2026
“I've read the whole of the Second Chance series as well as all the Time Bubble books, I would highly recommend getting into them.
Highly imaginative and totally original these series of books will keep you gripped and entertained for a fair while. Then you can go back in time and read them all again!”
Highly imaginative and totally original these series of books will keep you gripped and entertained for a fair while. Then you can go back in time and read them all again!”
April 25, 2019
A great read
Having read and enjoyed, “The Time Bubble”, quintology, I bought the “Second Chances”, quodrilogy. If anything it was even better and I read all four books in three days. Hope there are more about these characters to come. Can Andy the alcoholic rocker be saved?
Having read and enjoyed, “The Time Bubble”, quintology, I bought the “Second Chances”, quodrilogy. If anything it was even better and I read all four books in three days. Hope there are more about these characters to come. Can Andy the alcoholic rocker be saved?
July 29, 2019
Really fun series
I really enjoyed reading all of the books in the series and highly recommend it to those who, like me, enjoy a good time travel adventure. Some great plot twists and turns!
I really enjoyed reading all of the books in the series and highly recommend it to those who, like me, enjoy a good time travel adventure. Some great plot twists and turns!
December 17, 2019
Fantastic Time Travel Stories
I really enjoyed everything about this collection, from the characters to the intertwining stories. If you love time travel tales you will love this and the time bubble collection by Jason Ayres, highly recommend
I really enjoyed everything about this collection, from the characters to the intertwining stories. If you love time travel tales you will love this and the time bubble collection by Jason Ayres, highly recommend
May 26, 2019
Best Time Travel Series!
Loved all the characters of Time Bubble and The Second Chances set. Great storylines. A must read! I loved every minute.
Loved all the characters of Time Bubble and The Second Chances set. Great storylines. A must read! I loved every minute.
November 16, 2019
Great Series
After enjoying the time bubble set, I had to hear more about the characters. This was certainly a terrific add on.
After enjoying the time bubble set, I had to hear more about the characters. This was certainly a terrific add on.
April 16, 2019
Excellent series!
I like these books a lot. I do feel that at times there's a bit of a 'Young Adult' feel to them but despite that, the author has created a 21st-century world which is thoroughly believable and peopled with a likable cast of main characters, around which he's wrapped an engaging story of time travel theory.
I'll be looking out for more works by this author.
I like these books a lot. I do feel that at times there's a bit of a 'Young Adult' feel to them but despite that, the author has created a 21st-century world which is thoroughly believable and peopled with a likable cast of main characters, around which he's wrapped an engaging story of time travel theory.
I'll be looking out for more works by this author.
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