Here and Now and Then

A Novel

De: Mike Chen

Narrado por: Cary Hite

To save his daughter, he’ll go anywhere - and any-when....

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, Miranda. But his current life is a far cry from his previous career...as a time-traveling secret agent from 2142.

Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him, despite the increasing blackouts and memory loss affecting his time-traveler’s brain. Until one afternoon, his “rescue” team arrives - 18 years too late.

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

Torn between two lives, Kin is desperate for a way to stay connected to both. But when his best efforts threaten to destroy the agency and even history itself, his daughter’s very existence is at risk. It’ll take one final trip across time to save Miranda - even if it means breaking all the rules of time travel in the process.

A uniquely emotional genre-bending debut, Here and Now and Then captures the perfect balance of heart, playfulness, and imagination, offering an intimate glimpse into the crevices of a father’s heart and its capacity to stretch across both space and time to protect the people that mean the most.

©2019 Mike Chen (P)2019 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

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.

I enjoyed this...

I didn't know what to expect, but I actually liked this. I loved the time travel and it felt believable. I recommend highly if you're looking just to pass the time with a good story (pun intended).

Awesome story!

great story, great flow, amazing writing looking forward to listening/reading other books by this author

Fantastic Time Travel Story!

This book, the story, the narrator is wonderful! And the ending!? It was magnificent and unexpected! It had me in tears for most of it!
A great read and great addition to this sub-genre!

Very Good. Some moments of repetition.

It’s an entertaining and well written story that considers all the angles. There were a few times where one character repeatedly voices similar objections to a plan and why it cannot work where things become somewhat dull. Overall that is the low point of the book and the rest of it remains competent and compelling.

Loved It!

My husband and I listened to this as our "walking book" and we really enjoyed it! It was a little slow in the middle at times, but both the beginning and the ending were very good. The readers were very good, as well. The ending brought a smile to our faces. We have since recommended it to friends of ours who subscribe to Audible and at least one of them has downloaded it. I definitely recommend it!