The Twin Paradox
Charles Wachter
Trevaney Bay (August 23, 2020)
ISBN-10 : 1735361224
ISBN-13 : 978-1735361222
SYNOPSIS:
With ten years passing for every three minutes on a remote stretch of Texas coast, planes fall out of the sky, evolved species are on the hunt, and people die inside one of the most vicious ecosystems ever grown—all a result of the government’s efforts to slow down time.
A lot can happen in ten years. That’s the point.
Governments are always racing for supremacy, for scientific breakthroughs, for technological advantages—and these things take time.
Until something goes wrong.
With the grounded yet massive world-building of READY PLAYER ONE, thrilling scientific questions of JURASSIC PARK, and the time-bending teen drama of BEFORE I FALL, Wachter’s THE TWIN PARADOX is a brilliantly plotted tale that is both intimate and massive, relentless yet deliberate, and explores the themes of self-acceptance, self-confidence, and natural selection in a richly hued and unforgettable world. Ultimately the eternal question of Nature versus Nurture is boiled down into this fast-paced thriller told over the course of five days and culminates in one single question:
Do we get to choose who we are?
REVIEW:
Wachter’s debut novel, The Twin Paradox, boasts a lot of interesting, exciting and innovative ideas in a fast-paced SF thrill-ride that reintroduces famous and infamous people from history—in various incarnations. There’s some YA angst as several young characters discover shocking truths about their identities, political intrigue as multiple governments jockey for power in a new type of arms race, and the makings of a predatory dystopia by way of an extremely evolved and deadly ecosystem that may escape confinement. And not only is time not a constant in this tale, it is used in various intriguing ways as a deadly weapon. As the story opens, the reader might expect a sobering tale of (recycled) fate and shaded musings on the nature-vs-nuture debate, but Wachter skillfully veers away from those expectations to deliver one clever surprise after another.
Needless to say, I’m looking forward to Divine Paradox, the book two in The Twin Paradox Series, arriving January 2022.
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