Future's Dark Past

Time Forward Trilogy, Book 1

By: J.L. Yarrow

Narrated by: Jacob Dawes

Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

The catastrophic Purge War at the end of the 21st 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 protégé 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 21st century. Hunter Coburn is a hotshot 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.

©2022 J.L. Yarrow (P)2023 The Story Plant

Just oK

Reader was just not great. Characters seemed forced. Story that led to nowhere. Many better options.

I couldn’t stop listening!

This kept me on the edge, with all of the twists and turns. Well written, and a good job of helping me keep up with the timing. The one downside is the wait for the next book to come out! I look forward to more from J. L. Yarrow!

Can't wait for the next book!

This was a really fun listen. Story kept me engaged throughout the book. I'm looking forward to the next books. I hope they can turn this into a tv series/movie. It'd be great to see what this future world could look like.

Book1 - FDP looks bright

Get first book. Having been in the software industry since the 80s, I liked the AI and other technical references that were used in today’s world and in the future they jump into. Who doesn’t wonder what time travel would be like. What would it be like to change history, can you? What could go wrong? I don’t do a lot of Si-Fi type books. This book was easy for me as there was so much I could relate to in the story in places and events. The reader’s pace was good and not monotone. The character voices were good and believable. Overall great first book. Now, to wait until the story continues in book 2.

Great Listen

A bit of a twist on trying to fix a timeline. I be looking for more from the author.