Here and Now and Then

By: Mike Chen

Narrated by: Cary Hite

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood

A Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 Semifinalist

One of BookBub’s Best Science Fiction Books of 2019

One of Book Riot’s Best Books of 2019 So Far

One of The Nerd Daily’s Best Debut Novels of 2019

Featured in The Millions “A Year in Reading”

One of Entropy’s Best Fiction Books of 2019

He’ll go anywhere and any when to save his daughter

Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in IT, trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter.

But his current life is a far cry from his previous career…as a time-traveling secret agent from over a century in the future.

Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him, until one afternoon, his “rescue” team arrives—eighteen years too late.

Their mission: return Kin to 2142, where he’s been gone only weeks, not years, and where another family is waiting for him. A family he can’t remember.

Torn between two lives, Kin’s desperate efforts to stay connected to both will threaten to destroy the agency and even history itself. With his daughter’s very existence at risk, he will have to take one final trip to save her—even if it means breaking all the rules of time travel in the process.

“Heartfelt and thrilling… Chen’s concept is unique, and [his characters’] agony is deeply moving. Quick pacing, complex characters, and a fascinating premise.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Time

New take on time travel paradox! Really enjoyable, and while I usually listen on trips, I stayed up until 12:30 am to finish
Since it was so engrossing.

Good story - problematic performance

The narrator was good for the main character but terrible for the two main sub characters. They were English and the narrator's attempt at an English accent was appalling.

Good Story with a hint of sci fi

ok so I started this book bc I thought the cover was beautiful and I am a fan of Sci fi. the story was a lot less sci fi than I expected, it revolved more around the love of the main character and his family, but it was a sweet, happy story. good pick me up, if you're feeling the winter blues!

captivating!

I loved this book. typically my mind wanders during listening but not with this one.

Good story and narration if you can’t hear accents

This is a solid time travel piece and the narrator has a wonderful sonorous tone that is easy to listen to. It’s just that for this book there are English characters and in this version, the accent is dreadful. Not even close to any recognisable region, sometimes it sounded like someone from Queensland Australia then a few words later like a guy from LA with his nose pinched. I’m sorry but it really took me out of the story. I strongly suggest a cut where the English dialogue is replaced with an English artist.