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The Future of Another Timeline
368 pages
A fierce, punk-rock time-travel thriller fueled by female rage and the urgent fight for a better future.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a sweaty, pulse-pounding underground punk show where the stakes are nothing less than the fabric of reality. It is a propulsive, fiercely feminist ride that hums with righteous anger and the gritty, rebellious energy of the 90s riot grrrl scene. The narrative weaves a tense, urgent atmosphere, balancing the visceral trauma of systemic misogyny with the profound, healing power of female friendship and collective action. The prose is sharp and deeply researched, grounding mind-bending temporal mechanics in raw, human emotion. It will deeply satisfy readers who crave science fiction that does not just play with timelines, but uses them to explore how marginalized voices fight against historical erasure to carve out a hard-won, hopeful future.
- Mood
- gritty
- rebellious
- tense
- nostalgic
- Tone
- defiant
- urgent
- righteous
- compassionate
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- systemic misogyny · power of collective action · female friendship and rage · historical erasure · trauma and vengeance
- The writing
- Sharp, accessible, and deeply grounded in both historical research and vivid subcultural details.
- The arc
- Moves from simmering, isolated rage and traumatic helplessness to a fierce, collective empowerment and hard-won hope.
- Who it's for
- Feminist sci-fi fans who crave a mix of 90s riot grrrl punk nostalgia, time-travel mechanics, and righteous anger.
Content notes
- domestic abuse
- sexual assault
- murder
- misogyny
- violence
- abortion
About the book
"1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too. 2022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. But rewriting the timeline isn't as simple as editing one person or event. And just when Tess believes she's found a way to make an edit that actually sticks, she encounters a group of dangerous travelers bent on stopping her at any cost. Tess and Beth's lives intertwine as war breaks out across the timeline - a war that threatens to destroy time travel and leave only a small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future. Against the vast and intricate forces of history and humanity, is it possible for a single person's actions to echo throughout the timeline?"--Publisher description.
Description from Open Library.
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