Blurb
In the 24th century, anyone can leap through time at will. To police the time jumpers, the Temporal Enforcement Agency has established a precinct in time. Galar Arvid is a genetically altered warlord and agent who’s been sent back to 2008 to save a pretty Atlanta artist from a Xeran time traveler who intends to kill her for profit. What Galar doesn’t count on is the powerful desire Jessica Kelly ignites in him. But could a romance between them work? A three-hundred-year chasm separates them and, even if they dart through time, there’s still a maniacal killer on their tails.
Review
In the first book in the Time Hunters series, genetically
bred machine-like warriors, Warlords and Warfem (men and women respectively),
come from the planet Vardon. Other than warring with the vicious Xerans, they
police time travel to protect the people in the past, the present, and the
future. The Warlords rely on their computer and sensory implants to do their
jobs, which makes them tougher and smarter than most normal humans.
Temporal Enforcer and Warlord Galar Arvid goes back in
time to 2008 to save artist Jessica Kelly from a time jumping thief/murderer, but
the attempted murderer isn’t an art thief as Galar and his team believed.
Instead, it’s a zealot, religious cyborg assassin from a Xeran faction, and
he’s determined to kill Jessica and her mysterious roommate.
Jessica is a struggling human artist in her own time, but
her supposed “death” rocketed her to stardom, and people three hundred years
into the future are collecting her art. Torn between the life she left behind
and the one awaiting her in the future, she finds peace and understanding from
the man who saved her life. But Jessica is more than just human, and her
newfound abilities—along with the fact there’s a spy on Galar’s team—threaten
to destroy the happiness she’s found in Galar’s world.
Galar and Jessica are interesting characters, but I couldn’t
relate to them. There’s desire, friendship, and trust between them, but then doubt
destroys that trust. Though I understand why Galar purposely hurt and accused
Jessica of espionage and murder, she forgave him way too easily, and that affected
my liking of both characters.
Galar first appeared as a ten-year-old in the novella “Warfem.”
In that book, he was a brilliant smart-mouthed kid who helped his parents fight
the bad guys, but there was no brief recap about it in this story, which would’ve
further explained his past and answered some questions.
Frieka, my favorite character from “Jane’s Warlord,”
returned in this one, but he didn’t play as large a role. Riane, Dona, and
Dyami were awesome characters, and I definitely liked them. The Sela aliens and
the T’lir were confusing, and I’m not even sure what the T’lir is. There are
unanswered questions and loose ends, but I think the plot lines carry over into
the other books.
Overall, I enjoyed the time traveling parts and side
characters, but I just wished I could’ve connected better with the H/h.
3 Stars
Disclaimer – I bought this book for my own enjoyment. I
am not paid or compensated in any way, shape, or form for this honest review. I
will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.
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