Genre: Dystopian | Pages: 431
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Synopsis by Rob Shackleford:
If you were sent a thousand years into the past, would you survive?
With the accidental development of the Transporter, university researchers determine that the device sends any subject one thousand years into the past.Or is it to a possible past?
The enigmatic Transporter soon becomes known as a Time Machine, but with limitations.An audacious research project is devised to use the Transporter to investigate Medieval Saxon England, when an international team of crack Special Services soldiers undergo intensive training for their role as historical researchers.
The elite researchers, called Travellers, are to be sent into what is a very dangerous period in England's turbulent past.
From the beaches of Australia to the forests of Saxon England, Traveller - Inceptio reveals how Travellers soon learn that they need more than combat skills and modern technology to survive the trials of early 11th Century life.
My Review:
Let me begin by saying that I love how the book is justified and the font is perfect. There is something about justified text that makes the book all-the-more appealing. One of the best things I liked is that the it didn't go crazy with fancy fonts and colors which distracts its readers from the story.
The story begins with the lead Micheal travelling through a forest in a set up which is a thousand years ago from now and parallelly about a group of research students coming together to work on a project afunded by a high-tech company. They set up an R&D and work on towards creating something incredible. The first few pages had me hooked instantly. I knew that the story would be somehow inter-connected and I waited to see the crossover happen where these two different worlds merge. I did not read the synopsis of the book for a really long time and when I did I thought that there was a giveaway which kind of eliminated the excitement of the unpredictable, or so I thought. But boy was I wrong! If you haven't read the synopsis yet, don't. Trust me, the excitement is surreal. Rob Shackleford has elucidated the anomaly of the story really well and the story line continues to improve at each step, making it hard to set the book down. While one story comprises of the Ph.D students being paranoid about their research work being compromised, the other describes how the men 1000 years ago lived. The struggles that people go through (both in ancient and modern age), new discoveries and big revelations - this book paints a crystal clear picture that helps its readers imagine to the minutest details. This book has truly refreshing content that had me hooked for several hours. The dynamics of the book in both ancient and modern set up is simply superb and the plots are crafted to perfection. Furthermore, this book is a realization of quid pro quo of information between different eras. The crisp and vivid difference is truly enigmatic. It truly celebrates intelligence and science even in its fictional form. This book has secured a special place in my shelf.
It is truly amazing how globalization has revealed some amazing potential. Imagine having the power to traverse in time and share information across the same and the vast corrections we could make because of it. This is a great book written by a truly skilled author. I would definitely suggest it to as many a people as possible and wish that Rob Shackleford writes more books such as this. He has put together segments that has the precise amount of ancient and modern touch to construct a story as good as this. Books like this can easily have a sense of derivative or inspiration taken from similar genre, but Rob has a unique style of writing (hard to point out what it is) that eludes it completely.
There is no over-the-top alpha male story telling in this novel which truly deserves a kudos because it is easy to get carried away with stories like this. He mixes complex emotions from a classical time to modern day Australia that is so relatable with various ups and lows in this book which is truly sensational and yet subtle. All primary and secondary characters have their well defined roles to play and he odes justice to all these roles without making them fall out of character at any point. There is no suspense in this book. Rob has simply laid down all his cards and you just follow the story not with an intention to know what is in store, but because you love how the story is so well written.
This is a good book to sit with on any day and has been by far my favorite one!
About the novel and the author:
Know all about Rob Shackleford and his books on his website - www.robshackleford.com
You can purchase his book on Amazon or any other online stores.
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