Paradox Bound

A Novel

De: Peter Clines

Narrado por: Ray Porter

Nothing ever changes in Sanders. The town's still got a video store, for God's sake.

So why doesn't Eli Teague want to leave?

Not that he'd ever admit it, but maybe he's been waiting - waiting for the traveler to come back. The one who's roared into his life twice before, pausing just long enough to drop tantalizing clues before disappearing in a cloud of gunfire and a squeal of tires. The one who's a walking anachronism, with her tricorne hat, flintlock rifle, and steampunked Model A Ford.

The one who's being pursued by...something.

So when the mysterious traveler finally reappears, Eli's determined that this time, he's going to get some answers. But his hunt soon yields far more than he bargained for, plunging him headlong into a dizzying world full of competing factions and figures straight out of legend.

To make sense of the mystery at its heart, he must embark on a breakneck chase across the country and through two centuries of history - with nothing less than America's past, present, and future at stake.

©2017 Peter Clines (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A rousing adventure novel that marries steampunk aesthetics to the seminal concept of protecting American liberty." ( Kirkus Reviews)

"A superior time-passer, a wonderfully amusing yarn." ( Publishers Weekly)

Traveling through history rather than time

Peter Clines' Paradox Bound is another gem of a listen. Eli keeps bumping into a young woman who always seems to run into car trouble in his home town. He first encounters her as a young boy, then again as a teenager and finally again as young adult. Determined to break free of his home town that never seems to change and believing the woman is in danger, he sets out on an adventure that eventually involves history travel as opposed to time travel, by finding the places where time seems to have stopped or passed the location by. What he learns is a vast array of fellow travelers all searching for the lost American dream (lost since 1963).

The sci-fi elements are quite muted as history travel is dependent on finding "slick" spots around places where time seems to have passed by.The usual paradoxes inherent in time travel are creatively addressed and play into the plot resolution. The faceless men are equally enigmatic in terms of origin and make-up. In spite of little explanation, the story works.

The narration is solid with an excellent range of voices and good pacing throughout.

Watch out, the dream might escape you

Peter pulls off some rather unique concepts. He makes the American Dream a tangible object, to be sought out by a group of people and protected by another. One that line we have the Faceless men of the Government. They exist and are both as cold hearted and blindly following their 'creed' as you might expect. Add this to traveling through history, a little romance and you have a fun book.

Interesting and unpredictable

I enjoyed this unique story and the characters. Because of the paradoxes, it was often unpredictable. It was fun to have historical figures included in the story along with the ever present question of was it truth or fiction. I did not care for the vocals used by the person reading the book. However, I’m one who prefers a story be read and not acted out by the reader.

What. an. ending.

I normally don't like Time Travel books. That said, this is possibly the best one I've ever read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. A terrific book from Peter Clines and, once again, Ray Porter delivers a fantastic performance.

Travel, excitement, adventure!!!

Excellent, fun book. I really enjoyed listening to this preformance. I was a good adventure all the way through. Narrator was excellent.