Flash Back - The Library of the Uncommons

eBook

English language

ASIN:: B083ZM36H8

(1 review)

What if you could change the past... save a life and in doing so, alter history? The time is 1942, the place is Chicago, a key scientist is brutally murdered. While in the midst of a world at war, nations are racing to harness the power of the atom and the University of Chicago is at the center of the research for the United States.

Sam Reilly plunges into a mystery taking him back to another era. A mysterious flash drive leads to Sam's abrupt reassignment to a secret project researching time travel. He soon discovers a pattern of scientists who died or disappeared dating back to 1942. Sam travels back in time to investigate but soon finds himself hunted by the killer.

When the project director suddenly disappears, US Army investigator Frank Marino is called in. Sam and Frank, along with physicist Danielle Olsson, team up in an attempt …

What if you could change the past... save a life and in doing so, alter history? The time is 1942, the place is Chicago, a key scientist is brutally murdered. While in the midst of a world at war, nations are racing to harness the power of the atom and the University of Chicago is at the center of the research for the United States.

Sam Reilly plunges into a mystery taking him back to another era. A mysterious flash drive leads to Sam's abrupt reassignment to a secret project researching time travel. He soon discovers a pattern of scientists who died or disappeared dating back to 1942. Sam travels back in time to investigate but soon finds himself hunted by the killer.

When the project director suddenly disappears, US Army investigator Frank Marino is called in. Sam and Frank, along with physicist Danielle Olsson, team up in an attempt to unravel the puzzle. But Sam has an ulterior motive he is keeping from the others. With so many twists and turns, FLASH BACK is a scifi thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat to the last page.

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nlowell reviewed Flash Back by John Turiano

Tangled Timelines

4 stars

Time travel isn't my normal fare, but I liked the cover so I took a chance.

Sam Reilly drew me into the story, starting with the mystery of the flash drive and his reassignment to a top secret project. Things get really convoluted after that. I'm glad I stayed with it, when the story's history started to drift from what I thought I knew.

The characters worked for me. The setting did, too, especially as Sam and his friends started jumping around in history. Definite back to the future vibes in a good way.

As a writer my biggest challenge with this story was in meeting it where it was, instead of where I thought it should be. Don't get me wrong. It's pretty darn good, but I had trouble with the omniscient POV. John shifted from a distant third to omniscient quite often - which I found a bit …

Time travel isn't my normal fare, but I liked the cover so I took a chance.

Sam Reilly drew me into the story, starting with the mystery of the flash drive and his reassignment to a top secret project. Things get really convoluted after that. I'm glad I stayed with it, when the story's history started to drift from what I thought I knew.

The characters worked for me. The setting did, too, especially as Sam and his friends started jumping around in history. Definite back to the future vibes in a good way.

As a writer my biggest challenge with this story was in meeting it where it was, instead of where I thought it should be. Don't get me wrong. It's pretty darn good, but I had trouble with the omniscient POV. John shifted from a distant third to omniscient quite often - which I found a bit jarring - but realizing what he was doing and applying my Jack Webb filter smoothed the story out for me. I channeled my inner Dragnet-Voiceover voice to handle the exposition and just hung on for the ride.

And what a ride it was.

Recommended.