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Future's Dark Past

J L Yarrow

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English
Miscellaneous
23 April 2024
The catastrophic Purge War at the end of the twenty-first century destroys planet Earth, jeopardizing the future for the remnants of humanity. Horrific repercussions roll across the ages until, generations later, a scientific group called the Time Forward Project harnesses a deep-space wormhole in which they can travel through time. They find the portal unstable and shrinking, but they have little choice but to take desperate, drastic measures and journey back to prevent the war.

Kristen Winters is an angry, determined young woman who is fed up with the miserable circumstances that life doles out. In a bold move, she escapes and undergoes the horrific genetic modification required to become a warrior-like time agent. As the prot�g� of the tough, cantankerous Richard Kants, her potential threatens to overtake his prowess. Kants has his own motives for changing the past, and he orchestrates his own scheme on the side to improve the odds. Their uneasy partnership dissipates when he is assassinated by a rival group from the future called the Keplers, who thwart their missions at every turn.

With his death, Kristen mysteriously finds herself newly partnered with a bewildered man from the early twenty-first century. Hunter Coburn is a hot shot AI scientist who works for the FBI. He has pending wedding plans, a high-paying job he loves, and is a geek with an I-Want-It-All attitude, but suddenly must make sense of the glimpses of the future he sees in freakish jumps.

Together, Hunter and Kristen risk everything to fight through the destructive forces in the past, present, and future. In doing so, they must discover and rise to their own destinies through the vivid, fast-paced, nearly incomprehensible challenges they face. If they fail, all is lost.

A provocative, imaginative, and endlessly compelling work of science fiction, Future's Dark Past signals the arrival of a distinctive new voice and a story that will simultaneously haunt and electrify you.

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Imprint:   Miscellaneous
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 30mm
ISBN:   9781611883916
ISBN 10:   1611883911
Series:   Time Forward Trilogy
Pages:   336
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

John Yarrow, a lifelong Texan, dreams as big as he writes. Leanne Yarrow is her husband's collaborative partner. Their fascination with what could be imbues the couple's storytelling with fast-paced, futuristic worlds in which witty compelling characters struggle for an enduring humanity. John's background includes degrees in English, Education, and an MS in Cognitive Systems. He honed his skills in The Creation Factory Writer's Workshop, adapted a novella for National Public Radio, and published articles in educational and technology journals. Leanne draws from her careers in education and program development to help bring fresh insights, incredible imagery, and clarifying details to their work.

Reviews for Future's Dark Past

"""A tense, action-packed post-apocalypse tale that will keep you up late and that you'll sneak into meetings, to keep reading on the sly.""--David Brin, New York Times bestselling author of Earth and The Postman ""A troubled band of time travelers try to save Earth from its deadliest enemy - humanity. Fascinating characters with conflicting personal agendas, a genuinely inventive plot, and constantly accelerating pace - FUTURE'S DARK PAST is a winner.""--Nancy Kress, winner of six Nebula awards, two Hugo awards, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award ""The emotions read true to real life, the prose is crisp and the author's ability to create dramatic scenes shines through the story . . . a deftly plotted novel with a protagonist that stole my breath.""-- ""Reader's Favorite"" ""Will leave action-loving sci-fi fans hungry for more!""--Avanti Centrae, Multi-award-winning author of the international bestselling VanOps thriller series"


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