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Splinter Effect

Minotaur: St. Martin’s. (Splinter Effect, Bk. 1). Mar. 2025. 320p. ISBN 9781250349309. $28. SF
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DEBUT In his over-20-year career as a chrono-archaeologist, Dr. Robert “Rabbit” Ward has only experienced two failures in his mission to loot history via time travel. The first broke his heart, cost him his dearest friendship, and left behind a religious icon and a terrible tyrant. His second looks like it will end his career in abject failure if not infamy—unless he takes a desperate gamble in one dangerous, unethical, and outright illegal move to fix all of his regrets in one fell swoop at changing history. The thrill-a-minute chase scenes in pursuit of priceless artifacts will recall the breakneck pace of National Treasure and The Da Vinci Code, while the time-travel history and adventure will enthrall readers of Jodi Taylor’s “Chronicles of St. Mary’s” series. Fans of Kage Baker’s classic “Company” novels may have finally found a worthy successor.
VERDICT Ludington’s thrilling debut is a time-travel caper wrapped around a slice of historical fiction, but the heart of this story is Rabbit’s desperation to fix the things and people that he broke even if he has to outrun shadowy criminal time-looters and shady government agencies looking for scapegoats, in the past and in the present.
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