Publisher Titan
Length 459 pages
Format paperback
Published 2016
Series New Pompeii #1
My Copy provided by the published
My Review
Length 459 pages
Format paperback
Published 2016
Series New Pompeii #1
My Copy provided by the published
My Review
Set sometime in the near future, man has conquered time
travel – though with some limitations. An evil corporation has monopolised the
technology and is using if for their own nefarious purposes; purposes that
become clear as the novel progresses. Somehow they have managed to recreate New
Pompeii, along with the actual residents of the city. On the surface, this
looks to be the perfect set-up for study and exploitation in a theme-park/zoo
kind of way, until people start going missing and then appearing in different
timelines.
New Pompeii is a great idea that serves as an introduction
to a broader tapestry of storytelling which is both a good and a bad thing.
Good, as it means there’s at least another book on the way (Empire of Time),
but bad because it comes off as merely setting the stage; the book didn’t read
as a complete story, or even a complete story arc for that matter, ending in a
quasi-cliff hanger that left me scratching my head.
The book sucks you in and delivers a story vastly different
to what I was expecting. Despite my grumblings I’ll be picking up Empire of
Time.
My rating: 4 / 5 stars.
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