Lost Time

Time Wars Last Forever #2

by Craig Robertson

The Earth - all her history, all her life - never existed. The Clan, the evil time thieves of the universe, sucked the time energy out of our home world. That which never was can never again be. Obviously. Well unless, of course, there's a Jon Ryan out there! Jon and Sapale must work with their new crew, two human academics spared humankind's foul fate, along with their captured alien time ship. But is their mission doomed to fail even before it starts? How can they resurrect something that never was? They don't even know if it can be done - how it could be done. And what about the Clan? They have hundreds of ships hunting down Jon and his team. They are hell-bent on destroying the only enemy who has ever bloodied them. A vengeful Clan is a supremely dangerous foe. There is no hope for Earth's revival if the Clan cannot be eliminated. But how can one ship, crewed by rookies, stand against an eternally triumphant armada? Tensions mount and confrontations abound as the last few hundred survivors of Earth are forced to live and fight together on the last island of our species - Aramthella, the quirky and cantankerous alien time ship. Jon Ryan has saved the universe before. He's faced long odds and defied them. But on this occasion - against this enemy - there's a unique and indomitable factor. If you make one mistake, one minor misstep ... you never existed. Jon may have returned form the dead, but it's not possible for him to return from nonexistence. No one can.

Genres: Audiobook, Science Fiction

278 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

I claim three great accomplishments in my life: my family, my medical career, and my writing.  They are in, I am certain, their proper order.  My family, includes my perfect wife Karen, my wonderful children (adults now) Chris and Kim, my sweet grandson Jonathan. And now you! From family, I draw strength, love, and meaning.  What humbling gifts.  I am almost as proud of my incredible career as a physician (no, not that I'm incredible, it's that the journey was).  I'm an Internest and have worked in ER's, hospitals, clinics, homes, and most places between.  What a rush!  When I say it's an honor and a privilege to be a doctor, I truly mean it.  My writings, provide me a powerful creative outlet and so warms my soul directly.  In my wilder dreams, I hope my writing is of sufficient merit and so benefit you too in an impactful manner. 
Know me by what I love: Dickens, Orwell, and Bradbury; Milton, Donne, and Blake; Coltrane, Davis, and Desmond; Picasso, Michelangelo, and Renoir; Astronomy, Biology and Geology; Doctor Who, Star Trek (original TV), and Doctor Who (yeah, I love it that much); Avedon, Doisneau, and Arbus; burger and fries, coc au vin, and pizza-pizza-pizza.  Have I left anything important to me out?  Just one, the most important: God.  I'm an ex-Catholic wondering if churches are device of men and are necessary at all.  More importantly, I wish I spent more time seeing His wonder in the world (I'm not evangelizing, just passing along info; this is a bio, n'est pas?).  Oh, and this has never come up, but there used to be a series of magazine ads where sexy looking people were asked a series of questions about what they liked.  A standard query was: "What's your favorite word?"  So, this really stuck with me (I know, I need to get out more, don't I) and now I can tell someone, you, my favorite word.  Oneself!  I love it.  It means 'on your own' right, but it also refers to the elf you own!  Brilliant word.  Now, where'd I put that elf.......

Reviews

[Rob Morton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth the Wait

I once more got to dive headfirst into the Ryanverse as the Time Wars continues and I was not disappointed but with anything to do with Jon Ryan, I laughed a lot and scratched my head even more to see him completely bamboozle a master of time itself - because it’s what Jon does.

He’s thinking about how to do the impossible: Re-time Earth after being no-timed. Confused? Read both books - read all of the books in the Ryanverse and you’ll see that our hero is facing the biggest dilemma ever.

Time is not only not on his side, it’s hunting for him. Mr. Robertson, write faster or I’ll sic Sapale on you.

[Matt Verdine · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second installment really shines when Jon is involved now that the plot doesn’t have to be carried by tank and sachiko.

However Reva and the whole mars B plot is painful. The weakness of the writer really shines when not confined to Jon being goofy and rogue.

Overall I think this is a fun light read, but I have my reservations about this being a 6 book series.

Also I really doubt this author has ever been part of a real “dudes” conversation. When tank and Jon are annoying the females it sounds like a Disney channel show.

[Kevin Huff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jon and crew capture a time ship, see earth get untimed, and rescue a group of humans to mars. While they work out how to re-time earth.

[Jon Silvester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book loved the story and the book narration can’t wait to listen to the next book I highly recommend
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