Ryan's Enigma

The Timeless Void, Book 3

By: Craig Robertson

Narrated by: Scott Aiello

Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

Jon's growing concern with what he sees as a corrupted time line is beginning to look like an obsession.

Yeah, those never end well. Every attempt he tries to repair Earth's post-resurrection time line only make time/space worse. The impossible and the hazardous are happening everywhere in the universe. Not only that, but they are occurring with ever-increasing frequency and bone-chilling severity. Even Jon's minor tweaks to past events backfire with an intensity that would give pause to a normal person. But not Jon Ryan! The man's relentless.

And the dark empire of the Timeless Void is fairing no better. The queen of the Void has committed her queendom to what is clearly an obsessional desire to harm Jon over all time. Even as time paradoxes begin to systematically dismantle her realm, Queen Loopi-goah's anger and irrationality only build. Nothing will stop her from having her eternal revenge on the defiler who killed her sweet daughter. And there is no one, no force, that can even slow the queen's mad descent into destruction.

Meanwhile, Sapale, Sachiko, and the crew of Aramthella are lost in a bizarre house-of-mirror existence. They don't know where they are or why they are wherever they are. And despite all their best efforts, they can't contact Jon and they can't return home. If that wasn't bad enough, a growing cabal of power brokers in the government are upping the stakes in their quest to tear control of the time ship Aramthella away from Sachiko. Her mentor and ally Tank is intentionally sidelined by those same dark forces. Now Sachiko is forced to fend off single-handedly a foe that refuses to lose.

Can time survive Jon's well-intentioned but destructive machinations? Will the Void queen destroy her own people? Will Aramthella ever sail home to safety?

©2022 Craig Robertson (P)2022 Podium Audio

The variety of voices created by narrator, Scott Aiello

Didn’t like Ryan screwing up time this bad , but the explanations for what was happening were interesting and entertaining

John is getting tedious

Never liked the character much throughout the series.

I like the universe that the writer has created so I keep buying and listening in spite of my dislike of the main character.

The books have been entertaining.

Jaaaaahn

I just finished this small mountain biking, and I can’t think of 15 words to say other than it’s a fun story fast paced great characters

love it

OMG,, cliffhanger of all cliffhangers. now I have to wait 2 weeks for the conclusion. the pain, the suffering. I own the entire saga and have listened to it all 3 times. love it

What is it about these stories

I quick wit and humor exchanged keeps me coming back for the next book. If is a series that seems to take a long time getting anywhere but it could be going somewhere.

Really good but left me hanging.

I almost feel like the story has hit an impossible barrier. Not a cliffhanger, more a head scratcher but I love this series no less

Another great read.

Rather enjoyed this. The pacing on it was a bit better than the last one moving along at a nice clip. The problem with this is it's over too soon. Can't wait till the next one. It has inspired me to revisit Arthur C Clarke & Stephen Baxter's Time's Eye.

Typical Jon Ryan

Good book , some of the other titles are probably better, but if you’re following the series you still need to hear this one. Some of it was a little more filler than substance.

Typical John Ryan!

Scott's performance (as usual) was superb! However, trying to stay with who was who, what was what, and when was when, was extremely taxing! Also, I hard a very hard time. (no pun intended) believing that anyone-even John Ryan-would be so stupid to think his plan would work!

another magical John Ryan story

it's got John Ryan in it I love it. this is one of the best story arcs of any book I've listened to. wish it was longer but that's the only negative I can come up with keep them coming and I will keep listening. thank you Craig Robertson.