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  • Published: 15 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9781101907030
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $37.99

Paradox Bound

A Novel



Now in paperback, an ingenious, irresistible, new time-travel thriller from the author of The Fold and the Ex-Heroes series

“One cool novel. If the Tardis were a Ford Model A , this might be Doctor Who meets National Treasure.”—F. Paul Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of the Repairman Jack series

“GET IN THE CAR, MR. TEAGUE. THE ROAD BECKONS.”
  
The traveler sped through Eli Teague’s life long ago. With her tricorne hat, flintlock rifle, and steampunked Model-A Ford, she was a living anachronism, and an irresistible mystery—and she was gone as soon as she arrived, in a cloud of gunfire and a squeal of tires.
 
So when Eli sees her again, he’s determined that this time, he’s going to get some answers. But his hunt soon yields far more than he bargained for, plunging him headlong into a dizzying world full of competing factions and figures straight out of legend.
 
To make sense of the secret at its heart, he must embark on a breakneck chase across the country and through two centuries of history­—with nothing less than America’s past, present, and future at stake.

Praise for Paradox Bound

“So good you’ll want to invent time travel and send a copy back to yourself, just so you can read it again for the first time. A tour de force.”—Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of The Darwin Elevator

“A timey-wimey, full-barrel adventure novel that also teaches a nonironic lesson in American civics . . . [featuring] an epithet-wielding, pistol-packing heroine that will capture hearts.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“A fast and resonant time-travel thriller and tour of America, bursting with fun ideas.”—Django Wexler, author of The Shadow Campaigns novels

“Lively, likeable, and wonderfully amusing.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

  • Published: 15 July 2018
  • ISBN: 9781101907030
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $37.99

About the author

Peter Clines

Peter Clines grew up in the Stephen King fallout zone of Maine and started writing science fi ction and fantasy stories at the age of eight with his fi rst “epic novel,” Lizard Men from the Center of the Earth. He made his fi rst writing sale at age seventeen to a local newspaper, and in the years since then he’s ghostwritten two books, published a handful of short stories, and the fi rst screenplay he wrote got him an open door to pitch story ideas at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Voyager. After working in the fi lm and television industry for almost fi fteen years, he wrote countless articles and reviews for Creative Screenwriting Magazine and its free CS Weekly online newsletter, where he interviewed dozens of Hollywood’s biggest screenwriters and upcoming stars. He currently lives and writes somewhere in Los Angeles.

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Praise for Paradox Bound

Praise for The Fold:

  • "A must-read for anyone who likes a good science-fiction thriller . . . an intelligent, exciting story with a brilliant protagonist and a mystery that genuinely surprised me." --Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of The Martian
  • "A terrific SF mystery." --Fantasy Book Critic
  • "A fun, brilliant read." --Mira Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Feed
  • "Part techno thriller, part supernatural mystery, all awesome." --SF Signal
  • "That rare thriller that always keeps just one step ahead of the reader . . . a crackling, electric read." --Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Aftermath
  • "A little Crichton and a little Sherlock--and sure to please fans of both." --Wesley Chu, author of The Lives of Tao
  • "An ingenious science mystery with a terrifying Lovecraftian twist." --Dread Central
  • "A science-fiction thriller with a bit of Sherlock Holmes and a bit of H. P. Lovecraft thrown in . . . a book you'll want to pass along to your friends when you're done." --FantasyLiterature.com
  • "Absolutely riveting . . . [features] weird science, great characters, snappy dialogue, a slowly developing mystery, and edge of your seat action." --SF Crowsnest