Friday, July 20, 2012

Kill time by T.J. MacGregor

Nora's mother disappeared when she was a child. Now, as she prepares to tell her husband that she wants a divorce, her childhood fears come back to haunt her as her husband is taken away from her right in front of her in a restaurant by FREEZE (Freedom and Security). Labeled as a terrorist, there is no recourse and her attempts to find out the charge become much too similar to a Kafka novel. As she traces a trail of clues left by her husband, she uncovers medical research gone awry, disappearing dissidents, political corruption and power brokering, greed run rampant and an eerie connection to a television show from the past.

With some interesting references to Rod Sterling of the Twilight Zone and Jerry Garcia as the story travels between 1998 and 1968.  Not the best time travel book I've read but it was fun.  I did a get fed up with all the sex swapping that seemed to be going on.  It is obvious from the ending this will become a series, but I don't think I'll look for others in the series.  Connie Willis is much better writer of time travel.