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Break
A broken life. A glitch in time. The biggest con of all.
Allie escapes the Nazis in 2153 and makes it back to 2018. But it’s not the 2018 she left.
In this timeline, Allie was never born, and Sink controls the wormhole, along with the fate of all Jennys who pass through it. Sink locks up Allie and Bel, then disappears with a wounded Flyx and an unconscious Sharrow.
Allie and Bel hatch a plan to set things right by returning to 1906 to reset the timeline. But first they must escape, rescue Flyx and Sharrow, and wrestle control of the wormhole away from Sink—a Sink who himself is different than before…less crazy. More deadly.
And that’s only the beginning.
To get her life back and save her family, Allie must do the unthinkable. And it could mean she ends up with no life at all.
Quake took Allie on a harrowing journey from 2018 to 1906 to 2153 San Francisco. Shake saw Allie in a twisted future that could only be repaired by going back to the beginning—the 1906 Great San Francisco earthquake. Allie’s time-travel adventures conclude in Break where she takes the broken past, present, and future, and tries to braid them together in a brand new version of the timeline….
Allie escapes the Nazis in 2153 and makes it back to 2018. But it’s not the 2018 she left.
In this timeline, Allie was never born, and Sink controls the wormhole, along with the fate of all Jennys who pass through it. Sink locks up Allie and Bel, then disappears with a wounded Flyx and an unconscious Sharrow.
Allie and Bel hatch a plan to set things right by returning to 1906 to reset the timeline. But first they must escape, rescue Flyx and Sharrow, and wrestle control of the wormhole away from Sink—a Sink who himself is different than before…less crazy. More deadly.
And that’s only the beginning.
To get her life back and save her family, Allie must do the unthinkable. And it could mean she ends up with no life at all.
Quake took Allie on a harrowing journey from 2018 to 1906 to 2153 San Francisco. Shake saw Allie in a twisted future that could only be repaired by going back to the beginning—the 1906 Great San Francisco earthquake. Allie’s time-travel adventures conclude in Break where she takes the broken past, present, and future, and tries to braid them together in a brand new version of the timeline….
344 pages, Paperback
Published February 15, 2022
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About the author
Chris Mandeville
12 books316 followersAfter growing up in California and graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, Chris married a U.S. Air Force officer and moved from state to state, as well as to British Columbia, before settling in Colorado. She now lives in the woods of the Rocky Mountains with her family and service dog.
Chris writes science fiction and fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction books and articles for writers. For the past fifteen years she’s been a member of The Sparkling Hammers, a critique group of eclectic writers that provides inspiration, support, and friendship essential to her writing process. She loves teaching about writing and has presented workshops to hundreds of writers on topics such as Backstory, The Sweet 16 First Lines, Writer’s Block, and more. She served on the Board of Directors for Pikes Peak Writers for more than ten years, five as their president, and is currently on the staff of Superstars Writing Seminars.
Learn more and become a member of her reader group at chrismandeville.com.
Chris writes science fiction and fantasy novels, short stories, and nonfiction books and articles for writers. For the past fifteen years she’s been a member of The Sparkling Hammers, a critique group of eclectic writers that provides inspiration, support, and friendship essential to her writing process. She loves teaching about writing and has presented workshops to hundreds of writers on topics such as Backstory, The Sweet 16 First Lines, Writer’s Block, and more. She served on the Board of Directors for Pikes Peak Writers for more than ten years, five as their president, and is currently on the staff of Superstars Writing Seminars.
Learn more and become a member of her reader group at chrismandeville.com.
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March 16, 2022
In the third and final installment of the trilogy, Chris Mandeville masterfully weaves the past, present, and future that left me breathless, glowing—and immensely satisfied.
Allie is back in 2018, but it’s not the one she left. She was never born in this timeline. She’s a stranger in an almost strange land. Things are more than a little off when her almost-boyfriend Jake from Book 1, who obviously does not recognize Allie, appear more interested in her half-sister Bel than in Allie.
In this alternate timeline, Sink who was introduced in Book 1, is no longer crazy or a potential ally, but a deadly villain.
There are new, fun characters like Esther, an old woman who is friendly to time travelers, and her son Ion.
Just as in books 1 and 2, the author took me on quite a ride! At last, the questions I’ve had are answered: does Allie get to reunite with her mother? What about her father? Does she end up with Jake or Flyx? Or maybe neither?
For me, it checked all the boxes: adventure, time travel, twists and turns, story puzzles, a little bit of romance, relatable characters, and an ending that left me happy and gratified, not disappointed, depressed or puzzled.
Allie is back in 2018, but it’s not the one she left. She was never born in this timeline. She’s a stranger in an almost strange land. Things are more than a little off when her almost-boyfriend Jake from Book 1, who obviously does not recognize Allie, appear more interested in her half-sister Bel than in Allie.
In this alternate timeline, Sink who was introduced in Book 1, is no longer crazy or a potential ally, but a deadly villain.
There are new, fun characters like Esther, an old woman who is friendly to time travelers, and her son Ion.
Just as in books 1 and 2, the author took me on quite a ride! At last, the questions I’ve had are answered: does Allie get to reunite with her mother? What about her father? Does she end up with Jake or Flyx? Or maybe neither?
For me, it checked all the boxes: adventure, time travel, twists and turns, story puzzles, a little bit of romance, relatable characters, and an ending that left me happy and gratified, not disappointed, depressed or puzzled.
March 15, 2022
This was an unbelievable story. Going from the future back to the present, which is not the same, Allie has a lot to figure out. Definitely intriguing, well written
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