Continuity

De: Steven Booth

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Carlos San Sebastián is the heir to the patriarchy of a family of time-travellers who values strength over empathy, cunning over caring, and pleasure over personal boundaries. Carlos wants nothing to do with that life or the macho idiots he would be responsible for, family or not. But unlike his sister, he can’t just disappear and abandon them. He does have some sense of responsibility after all.

When Carlos is summoned to the family residence in the middle of a deal that could release him from the patriarchy forever, he can see his opportunity to thwart fate slipping away.

What Carlos finds at the residence is worse than just being forced to take over the family. His father is inexplicably murdered out of continuity, six years before Carlos is born. It is up to Carlos to prevent the murder and protect the family.

Carlos is no detective and hardly skilled as a time-traveller, and with less than 24 hours to prevent the murder, he must seek the help of the one person his father demanded not be involved: his estranged sister, Monique.

As the clock ticks on, Carlos and Monique must unravel the secrets of their family and of time travel itself. Continuity takes the reader on an exploration of the laws of time travel and through the psychology of a family capable of anything.

Intrigue and action, sci-fi and thrill!

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, continuity means uninterrupted connection. The first known use of continuity was in the 15th century as it pertained to the trajectory of time. Other definitions include something that continues for a long period of time without being changed or stopped, such as the continuous flow of time. Thus, when Carlos is summoned to the Great Clock and told his father has been murdered out of continuity, he may cease to exist if the murder isn’t thwarted before the timeline corrects itself.

Author Steven Booth has written a high octane, time bending thrill ride like I’ve never seen before. As readers begin to question the fabric of time, murder, mayhem, and mystery take root. Jumping back to before he was born, Carlos begins to unravel the events of his father’s death. But, as we soon discover, his education and understanding requires him to seek someone more well versed in travel, despite her decision to disown the family and live among the world of virtuals. Turning to his sister, Carlos must convince her of their impending existence, as they slowly realize they are in deeper than they ever could have imagined.

Booth has created an imaginative, yet entirely plausible, twisting of time as we learn of this family of time travelers. Born with six fingers, their genetic disposition allows them the ability to hone their skills in jumping across time using their pocket watches and the Great Clock. “Continuity” begins with a simple idea, snowballing into the splintering of the timeline as we know it. Booth’s fictional family and portrayal of time across the fifth dimension stokes intrigue and action like you couldn’t imagine.

From dinosaurs to prison cells, clock work, and family dynamics, “Continuity” offers readers a science fictional thrill ride. Booth continues to stun in this latest showcasing of talent as he displays his range of characters, fictional realities, and plot lines he commits to the page.