Time Shards
Written by Dana Fredsti and David Fitzgerald
Narrated by Aaron Shedlock
3/5
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About this audiobook
Our world is gone, instantly replaced by a new one made of scattered remnants of the past, present, and future, dropped alongside one another in a patchwork of "shards." Monsters from Jurassic prehistory, ancient armies, and high-tech robots all coexist in this deadly postapocalyptic landscape.
A desperate group of survivors sets out to locate the source of the disaster. They include twenty-first-century Californian Amber Richardson, Cam, a young Celtic warrior from Roman Britannia, Alex Brice, a policewoman from 1985, and Blake, a British soldier from World War II. With other refugees from across time, they must learn the truth behind the Event, if they are to survive.
Dana Fredsti
Dana Fredsti is the author of the Ashley Parker PLAGUE TOWN trilogy, as well as a frequent short fiction contributor and author (under pseudonym) of a number of erotic fantasy novels. She has been a producer, director, and screenplay writer for stage and film, and was the co-writer / associate producer on Urban Rescuers, which won Best Documentary at the 2003 Valley Film Festival in Los Angeles.
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Reviews for Time Shards
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I came across this book while perusing the shelves at my local library. It was the title that caught my attention; the word "time" on any book shelved in the science fiction section will always attract my interest. After giving it a quick scan, I decided to give it a try.
Two hours later, I find myself wondering what better use I might have made of that time.
To be fair, Dana Fredsti and David Fitzgerald's book isn't the worst book that I've ever read. It is, however, incredibly derivative, tossing together elements from two or three different (and better) sci-fi novels and rushing the reader through with nonstop action in the hope that if the pacing is fast enough said reader won't ask too many questions. Given the dual authors, this is probably the first book I have ever read with a Mary Sue and a Gary Stu in it, the latter of which isn't well disguised by the clumsy red herring thrown into the narrative. The whole thing ends up feeling like a treatment for a movie made for the SyFy channel, with every plot point hitting its sadly predictable beat. The closer I got to the end, the more I found myself thinking, "Please don't be the first book in a series. Please don't be the first book in a series. please don't be the first book in a series."
Then I got to the end and, sure enough, it's the first book in a series.
Oh, well, at least it proved a quick read. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It’s called “the Event.” An unimaginable cataclysm in the 23rd century shatters 600 years of the Earth’s timeline into jumbled fragments. Our world is gone: instantly replaced by a new one made of shattered remnants of the past, present and future, all existing alongside one another in a nightmare patchwork of different time “shards”—some hundreds of miles long and others no more than a few feet across. San Diego native Amber Richardson is stranded on a tiny fragment of 21st century Britain surrounded by a Pleistocene wilderness. She crosses paths with Cam, a young warrior of a tribe from Roman Brittania, and together they struggle to survive—only to be imprisoned by Cromwellian soldiers. One of their captives is a man who Amber calls “Merlin, and who claims to be the 23rd century scientist responsible for the Event. Together they must escape and locate Merlin’s ship before the damage to the timeline is irreparable.Out January 30, 2018MY THOUGHTS:I received this book in exchange for my honest review.Oh. My. Goodness!Fan-freakin-tastic!This team of authors did a wonderful job, each applying their individual skills into the characters and plot to create a genuine work of art. They’re bloody genius! The plot was definitive and strong, each twist and turn necessary to its success while the pace drove the story forward idealizing an innovative style of writing with pop-culture references, strong motivations and building tension that didn’t let up.The world, the world, the world! So intricately pieced together in both a fascinating complexity, and a provocative paradox, the world these two created was bound seamlessly to the characters’ goals which were constantly being tested and driven to an exhilarating conclusion and succession. The characters were so intricately created, intertwined together out of necessity for the stories success, yet, perfectly faulted, flawed and bordered on the insane for what they were forced to endure. Each pivotal moment of their development was strife with struggle, angst and tension.Although the book flashed through different times from past to present, this was done carefully and fleshed out to the tiniest detail. It has everything you want in a book like this and the only issue I had was when I turned the last page and the story was over.If I could give a rating out of ten for technical set-up, I would give eleven stars… It was that good! There wasn’t anything I could find wrong with pace, plot, arc development, style, POVs, etc. Everything was done excellently!I highly recommend this book to all.