The Reality War: The Slough of Despond - Tim C Taylor

Amazon Blurb  

In 1992, Radlan Saravanan runs a small business out of a Tudor cottage in the sleepy English village of Elstow. But Radlan was born in 2951, and when he falls in love with a local girl, he has to choose between running from his own people and condemning his lover to die.

He makes the wrong choice.

Travelling into the past, falling in love… it turns out he was meant to do these things. He’s been manipulated all along, but now he’s slipped his handlers, and Time is no longer following the right script. Other versions of history vie for dominance, and our reality is losing.

In 1992, Radlan Saravanan sparked The Reality War.

The second and final book in the series, The City of Destruction, will be published spring 2012.

My Review

What a great read, I have just finished Book 1 and I will be checking daily to see if Book 2 has been released.  An engrossing tale with good solid believable characters, the choices they make (or do they) and subsequent consequences (or realities).  The concept of time-travel, paradox and alternate reality has always been mind-blowing and now a mind-blowing novel to live up to it.  Hollywood check this out!   

I received this novel free in return for an honest review and I have no hesitation in awarding this a well-deserved 5 stars.  If you like Sci fi/time travel you will love this.

I have also read and reviewed Tim C Taylor’s 'Last Man Through The Gate', I awarded it 4 stars mainly because too much was left unanswered.  I will read it again, having now read The Reality War it will be interesting to compare with my previous review/rating.    

Last Man Through The Gate - T C Taylor

Received this Time Travel Sci Fi novella free from LibraryThing and was looking forward to reading it however I was just getting into the story and interested in the characters when it ended all too soon.   Very descriptive and atmospheric but as it stands I felt too much was left unanswered, plenty of scope for a sequel.  Would make a good read if fully developed into a novel.