Time and Time Again

by Ben Elton

It's the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth. No one he has ever known or loved has been born yet. Perhaps now they never will be. Stanton knows that a great and terrible war is coming. A collective suicidal madness that will destroy European civilization and bring misery to millions in the century to come. He knows this because, for him, that century is already history. Somehow he must change that history. He must prevent the war. A war that will begin with a single bullet. But can a single bullet truly corrupt an entire century? And, if so, could another single bullet save it?

• ISBN13: 9780593073568
• Publish Date: 6 November 2014
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 29 June 2016
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Bantam Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

The first chapter of this starts in 1914, where Hugh Stanton stops a woman from being killed by some reckless driving British Military types of the period, then the story moves to 2024 where we meet Hugh Stantonn again, only he's younger then, by a few months and we move into a rollercoaster ride of assassination and attempts to change the world. As the story unfolds you realise that each action causes a variety of cascades and the results can't be predicted.

Interesting and made me think

[jesstheaudiobookworm]

4.5 ★ Audiobook⎮I thoroughly enjoyed every second of this audiobook. After reading so much YA/Fantasy, Elton's novel was extremely refreshing. This story was somewhat reminiscent of Stephen King's 11/22/63 (one of my all-time favorites) and leagues beyond The First 15 Lives of Harry August. The twists were jaw-dropping, down to the very last sentence. The reader is constantly fooled into thinking they know which way up and which way is down, only to be turned on his or her head by the next chapter. Exciting is a word often overused, but I feel it describes this story perfectly. The pace never slowed, but the listener is always able to keep up. Even throughout all of the twists and turns, I never felt lost. I especially recommend this to anyone with a passion for history and perhaps also to fans of Doctor Who! ♣︎