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TimeRiders #2
Day of the Predator
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Liam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.
Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.
Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.
But all three have been given a second chance—to work for an agency that no-one knows exists. Its purpose—to prevent time travel destroying history . . .
When Maddy mistakenly opens a time window where and when she shouldn’t have, Liam is marooned sixty-five million years ago in the hunting ground of a deadly—and until now—undiscovered species of predator.
Can Liam make contact with Maddy and Sal before he’s torn to pieces by dinosaurs—and without endangering history so much that the world is overtaken by a terrifying new reality?
Liam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.
Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.
Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.
But all three have been given a second chance—to work for an agency that no-one knows exists. Its purpose—to prevent time travel destroying history . . .
When Maddy mistakenly opens a time window where and when she shouldn’t have, Liam is marooned sixty-five million years ago in the hunting ground of a deadly—and until now—undiscovered species of predator.
Can Liam make contact with Maddy and Sal before he’s torn to pieces by dinosaurs—and without endangering history so much that the world is overtaken by a terrifying new reality?
448 pages, Paperback
First published August 5, 2010
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Alex Scarrow
76books1,021followersI live a nomadic existence with my wife Frances, and son Jacob. For now we're living in Norwich. I spent the first 10 years out of college in the music business chasing record deals and the next 12 years in the computer games business as a graphic artist and eventually a games designer. For those of you who like their computer games, here's some of the titles I've worked on:
Waterworld, Evolva, The Thing, Spartan, Gates of Troy, Legion Arena
Since signing up as an author with Orion, I seem to spend most of my time hunched over my laptop in various cafes and coffee bars sipping lattes, tapping keys and watching the ebb and flow of shoppers outside on the street. As I write this, I'm awaiting the launch of my next book - the sequel to , LAST LIGHT, and getting ready to find a publisher for the first book in a separate series, ELLIE QUIN. Ahead of me, lies research work for my next thriller, and also some screenplays I'm looking forward to writing. Although I'm glad to be where I am now, I do occasionally kick myself for not having succumbed to the writing bug much earlier. But then we all just muddle along through life, don't we? There's rarely a plan.
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Waterworld, Evolva, The Thing, Spartan, Gates of Troy, Legion Arena
Since signing up as an author with Orion, I seem to spend most of my time hunched over my laptop in various cafes and coffee bars sipping lattes, tapping keys and watching the ebb and flow of shoppers outside on the street. As I write this, I'm awaiting the launch of my next book - the sequel to , LAST LIGHT, and getting ready to find a publisher for the first book in a separate series, ELLIE QUIN. Ahead of me, lies research work for my next thriller, and also some screenplays I'm looking forward to writing. Although I'm glad to be where I am now, I do occasionally kick myself for not having succumbed to the writing bug much earlier. But then we all just muddle along through life, don't we? There's rarely a plan.
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January 1, 2015
UPDATE: Trojka vyjde na Slovensku na jeseň, taký november :)
Okej, tie posledné strany, to bolo niečo, a docvakujú mi postupne také niektoré veci, že sám neviem, čo ma bude ešte čakť v dalsich dieloch, paneboze a to ich ma byt este 7!!! Panenka skákavá!
Okej, tie posledné strany, to bolo niečo, a docvakujú mi postupne také niektoré veci, že sám neviem, čo ma bude ešte čakť v dalsich dieloch, paneboze a to ich ma byt este 7!!! Panenka skákavá!
July 30, 2010
I read the first book in the series back in February and I loved it. However, now that I have read Day of the Predator, the second book in the series, I can honestly say that I have not been this excited about a series for a long time. As fas as anticipation for 'the next book' goes, I can compare it to how I feel about MG Harris' Joshua Files series and how I felt about the Percy Jackson books. And with Alex Scarrow having signed a nine book deal with Puffin I am looking forward to reliving this feeling a good number of times over the next few years. If he can maintain the quality over the whole series then Alex Scarrow will become as widely read as Riordan, Horowitz and Higson.
In the first book in the series we saw the recruitment of the TimeRiders team, three young people plucked from the jaws of death by the mysterious Foster. The story then saw our young heroes battling to reset time after a group of men travel back in time in order to change it, as they feel their 2066 world has become ruined by over-population, pollution and religious conflict. Their solution? Help Adolf Hitler to win the Second World War. This book encouraged the reader to question the morality of the actions of these men - if making a change in history will make the future world a better place then should this be seen as ethically acceptable? For me this was a stand out element of the first book, although in some ways it did overshadow some of the character development.
Day of the Predators is a very different set up. This time our heroes are tasked with going forward in time to prevent the assassination of a boy who will eventually develop the mathematical theories that will become the cornerstone of time travel development. However, as the result of an accident Liam O'Connor, the team's field agent, his genetically engineered 'bodyguard', and a school party of teenagers find themselves stranded sixty-five million years in the past, at a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and Liam has to be constantly reminded that every single action, however small, could have a disastrous effect on the future time line.
This is not a new concept in literature; I first read something similar in a comic strip many years ago (I think it was an epidode of Tharg's Future Shocks in 2000AD), and then later in Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder", but Alex Scarrow is delivering it to a totally new audience and in such a way that he will have these young adults hanging on his every word. In Day of the Predator Liam has to make some very difficult choices - if they stay and try to survive the consequences could damage the future, but then again so could their attempts to in some way send a message that the rest of the team will be able to retrieve in 2001, 65 million years later! All these questions and more will have readers constantly asking themselves "What if...?" and "but if they do that...?".
The nature of Liam's role in the team as field agent means that yet again his character is developed more than those of others. After all, it is Liam who is facing deadly predators in a world that is totally alien to that which he is used to. However, in the absence of Foster the role of team leader and chief strategist now falls on the relatively young shoulders of Maddy Carter. This is not a role that she takes on willingly, especially as she blames herself for the accident that has sent Liam hurtling back in time, and she is plagued with self-doubt. However, as the plot develops we also see Maddy gradually settling into this key role, making decisions that could impact not only on Liam's life but also on the lives of generations to come. We also see her agonising over the secrets she holds from the others, information that was imparted to her by Foster before he walked out of their lives at the end of the first book. Sal Vikram, the third member of the team, is still relegated to third place, with her role being largely a supporting one, with occasional flashes of briliance. Hopefully we will see more from Sal in the future.
The fourth character in the book is Bob, or Becks as he/she/it becomes in Day of the Predator. Bob's AI chip, rescued from its organic 'meat robot' form, is now inserted into the brain of a freshly 'grown' body, in order that Liam has a companion in his travels through time. The relationship between Liam and the newly formed Becks is a confusing one for the young Irish lad, and this confusion in his mind grows as together they face the dangers of Cretaceous USA. Becks also has to deal with the competing issues of her programmed Mission Priorities and her realisation that she is slowly developing traits that could almost be described as human. Should she proceed with the mission recommendations that her central processor is computing, or should she make allowances for the fact that she has cpmputed that she 'likes' Liam?
In reviews for books like this there are many cliched phrases uses, phrases such as "high octane", "nail-biting" and "a real page-turner". Howeer, I guarantee that every single one of these phrases, cliched though they may be, is entirely justified in any review about this book. If you have boys who are 12+ and are reluctant readers then buy them these two books before you go on holiday this summer, 'accidentally' leave the charger for their PSP/Nintendo DS/etc at home and maybe, just maybe, these could be the books to convert them to reading for enjoyment. If these books don't manage to get boys reading then there is little else that will.
In the first book in the series we saw the recruitment of the TimeRiders team, three young people plucked from the jaws of death by the mysterious Foster. The story then saw our young heroes battling to reset time after a group of men travel back in time in order to change it, as they feel their 2066 world has become ruined by over-population, pollution and religious conflict. Their solution? Help Adolf Hitler to win the Second World War. This book encouraged the reader to question the morality of the actions of these men - if making a change in history will make the future world a better place then should this be seen as ethically acceptable? For me this was a stand out element of the first book, although in some ways it did overshadow some of the character development.
Day of the Predators is a very different set up. This time our heroes are tasked with going forward in time to prevent the assassination of a boy who will eventually develop the mathematical theories that will become the cornerstone of time travel development. However, as the result of an accident Liam O'Connor, the team's field agent, his genetically engineered 'bodyguard', and a school party of teenagers find themselves stranded sixty-five million years in the past, at a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and Liam has to be constantly reminded that every single action, however small, could have a disastrous effect on the future time line.
This is not a new concept in literature; I first read something similar in a comic strip many years ago (I think it was an epidode of Tharg's Future Shocks in 2000AD), and then later in Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder", but Alex Scarrow is delivering it to a totally new audience and in such a way that he will have these young adults hanging on his every word. In Day of the Predator Liam has to make some very difficult choices - if they stay and try to survive the consequences could damage the future, but then again so could their attempts to in some way send a message that the rest of the team will be able to retrieve in 2001, 65 million years later! All these questions and more will have readers constantly asking themselves "What if...?" and "but if they do that...?".
The nature of Liam's role in the team as field agent means that yet again his character is developed more than those of others. After all, it is Liam who is facing deadly predators in a world that is totally alien to that which he is used to. However, in the absence of Foster the role of team leader and chief strategist now falls on the relatively young shoulders of Maddy Carter. This is not a role that she takes on willingly, especially as she blames herself for the accident that has sent Liam hurtling back in time, and she is plagued with self-doubt. However, as the plot develops we also see Maddy gradually settling into this key role, making decisions that could impact not only on Liam's life but also on the lives of generations to come. We also see her agonising over the secrets she holds from the others, information that was imparted to her by Foster before he walked out of their lives at the end of the first book. Sal Vikram, the third member of the team, is still relegated to third place, with her role being largely a supporting one, with occasional flashes of briliance. Hopefully we will see more from Sal in the future.
The fourth character in the book is Bob, or Becks as he/she/it becomes in Day of the Predator. Bob's AI chip, rescued from its organic 'meat robot' form, is now inserted into the brain of a freshly 'grown' body, in order that Liam has a companion in his travels through time. The relationship between Liam and the newly formed Becks is a confusing one for the young Irish lad, and this confusion in his mind grows as together they face the dangers of Cretaceous USA. Becks also has to deal with the competing issues of her programmed Mission Priorities and her realisation that she is slowly developing traits that could almost be described as human. Should she proceed with the mission recommendations that her central processor is computing, or should she make allowances for the fact that she has cpmputed that she 'likes' Liam?
In reviews for books like this there are many cliched phrases uses, phrases such as "high octane", "nail-biting" and "a real page-turner". Howeer, I guarantee that every single one of these phrases, cliched though they may be, is entirely justified in any review about this book. If you have boys who are 12+ and are reluctant readers then buy them these two books before you go on holiday this summer, 'accidentally' leave the charger for their PSP/Nintendo DS/etc at home and maybe, just maybe, these could be the books to convert them to reading for enjoyment. If these books don't manage to get boys reading then there is little else that will.
August 12, 2022
Το δεύτερο βιβλίο της σειράς όπου το διάβασα απνευστί!
Αξίζει καί προτείνεται στους φίλους του φανταστικού!
Αξίζει καί προτείνεται στους φίλους του φανταστικού!
September 15, 2022
3.5 MAMMA MIA QUANTO MI DIVERTONO QUESTI LIBRI
Continua la saga di Testa Dura che deve finire ogni serie che inizia, quindi si va a ripescare una serie iniziata alle medie ma mai conclusa per mancanza di traduzione. Testa Dura sono io. Se non si fosse capito.
Quella dei Time Riders è una serie parecchio lunga, tra il middle grade o lo YA, che vede protagonisti tre ragazzini che in ogni libro si trovano davanti a qualcuno che vuole alterare la linea temporale. Il loro obiettivo è monitorare questa linea e aggiustare ogni tentativo di cambiamento.
A 13 anni questa era la serie della vita. Ora non più, ma mentirei se dicessi che non divoro questi libri in un boccone, ogni volta. Sono super divertenti, adrenalinici, non si fermano un attimo. Allo stesso tempo, ci si riesce ad affezionare ai personaggi e a riflettere anche su alcune questioni. Certo, non in maniera approfondita, ma comunque i protagonisti cominciano a farsi delle domande sull’etica di quello che stanno facendo, su intelligenze artificiali, sul destino dell’umanità…sono MOLTO curiosa di vedere dove si andrà a parare. Finalmente. Dopo 10 anni.
Continua la saga di Testa Dura che deve finire ogni serie che inizia, quindi si va a ripescare una serie iniziata alle medie ma mai conclusa per mancanza di traduzione. Testa Dura sono io. Se non si fosse capito.
Quella dei Time Riders è una serie parecchio lunga, tra il middle grade o lo YA, che vede protagonisti tre ragazzini che in ogni libro si trovano davanti a qualcuno che vuole alterare la linea temporale. Il loro obiettivo è monitorare questa linea e aggiustare ogni tentativo di cambiamento.
A 13 anni questa era la serie della vita. Ora non più, ma mentirei se dicessi che non divoro questi libri in un boccone, ogni volta. Sono super divertenti, adrenalinici, non si fermano un attimo. Allo stesso tempo, ci si riesce ad affezionare ai personaggi e a riflettere anche su alcune questioni. Certo, non in maniera approfondita, ma comunque i protagonisti cominciano a farsi delle domande sull’etica di quello che stanno facendo, su intelligenze artificiali, sul destino dell’umanità…sono MOLTO curiosa di vedere dove si andrà a parare. Finalmente. Dopo 10 anni.
October 6, 2024
W bazie Agencji rozległ się alarm. "Co tym razem?" pomyślał Pafeu. "Gafeu, raportuj, co się dzieje?" Gafeu sprawdził dane w systemie. "Nastąpiła kolejna zmiana w czasie," oznajmił. "Jak poważna?" zapytał Pafeu. "Na szczęście, niezbyt. Z tego, co udało mi się ustalić, Birb ogłosił się władcą świata i wydał dekret, że dzień gofra jest codziennie, a wszystkie wydawnictwa muszą przesyłać jej nagrania audio wszystkich swoich książek. Potem Birb zaszył się na swojej prywatnej plaży na Karaibach�"
Drugi tom przygód Jeźdźców Czasu rozpoczyna się od kolejnej próby zmiany biegu historii. Tym razem jednak, początkowa misja zwiadowcza doprowadza do nieoczekiwanych konsekwencji, przenosząc naszych bohaterów daleko w przeszłość � aż do epoki dinozaurów, czyli około 65 milionów lat przed naszą erą.
W tej części zauważam poprawę w stylu autora � nie przytłacza nas już nadmiarem informacji, a akcja jest bardziej skoncentrowana na naszych bohaterach. Choć fabuła i zwroty akcji są podobne do tych z pierwszego tomu, mam wrażenie, że teraz autor bardziej skupił się na przedstawieniu historii w sposób bardziej wiarygodny (co brzmi dziwnie, biorąc pod uwagę, że mamy tu podróże w czasie). Wciąż brakuje mi głębszego przedstawienia charakterów bohaterów, ale z tego, co wiem, kolejne tomy stają się coraz lepsze, więc mam nadzieję, że w kolejnych tomach będzie tego więcej. Podobnie jak w poprzedniej części mam pewne zastrzeżenia co do technologii podróży w czasie, ale nie jest to znaczący problem � autor stworzył swoje zasady dotyczące podróży w czasie i konsekwentnie się ich trzyma.
Podsumowując tę recenzję, uważam książkę za bardzo przyjemną młodzieżówkę. Dostałem sporo akcji oraz podróże w czasie, więc Pafeu jest zadowolony.
Ocena: ★★★★�
Drugi tom przygód Jeźdźców Czasu rozpoczyna się od kolejnej próby zmiany biegu historii. Tym razem jednak, początkowa misja zwiadowcza doprowadza do nieoczekiwanych konsekwencji, przenosząc naszych bohaterów daleko w przeszłość � aż do epoki dinozaurów, czyli około 65 milionów lat przed naszą erą.
W tej części zauważam poprawę w stylu autora � nie przytłacza nas już nadmiarem informacji, a akcja jest bardziej skoncentrowana na naszych bohaterach. Choć fabuła i zwroty akcji są podobne do tych z pierwszego tomu, mam wrażenie, że teraz autor bardziej skupił się na przedstawieniu historii w sposób bardziej wiarygodny (co brzmi dziwnie, biorąc pod uwagę, że mamy tu podróże w czasie). Wciąż brakuje mi głębszego przedstawienia charakterów bohaterów, ale z tego, co wiem, kolejne tomy stają się coraz lepsze, więc mam nadzieję, że w kolejnych tomach będzie tego więcej. Podobnie jak w poprzedniej części mam pewne zastrzeżenia co do technologii podróży w czasie, ale nie jest to znaczący problem � autor stworzył swoje zasady dotyczące podróży w czasie i konsekwentnie się ich trzyma.
Podsumowując tę recenzję, uważam książkę za bardzo przyjemną młodzieżówkę. Dostałem sporo akcji oraz podróże w czasie, więc Pafeu jest zadowolony.
Ocena: ★★★★�
October 10, 2013
"There be dinosaurs here, but not as we know them!"
Welcome one and all to the second book in Alex Scarrow's Timeriders series. I sound a little more upbeat in comparison to the first novel don't I? Well I am. It's much improved.
This time around Liam and his new female meat robot 'Becks' are sent forward in time to rescue a 'future' physicists, Edward Chan, who writes the first paper on theoretical time travel. Let's just say best laid plans are always prone to a mishap or two. It involves a pin-prick sized hole into another dimension (I should explain - fossil fuels have run out in the future, and scientists are trying to create a new energy called 'zero-point' energy. They tap a hole into another dimension), which has been opened to allow humanity to create a new energy form. BAM! All of a sudden, Liam, Becks, Edward and thirteen other souls are thrown back in time to the Cretaceous period.
During this, Maddy back at base realises she 'may' have made a big old balls up. From then on she turns into a bit of a annoying character, I'd say bitch, but that's so un-PC. She ends up going off on these massive rants that, for me, really destroy the character which was created from the first novel. That of being a controlled personality and of understanding. Sure it's a bad situation, but this is their first mission on their own.
Prose is strong this time around, the author being very descriptive with the surroundings of the characters - but not to the point where we are reading reams of pages of the stuff. Alex manages to make Texas sixty-five million years ago plausible with his writing style.
We're also dripped-fed some tantalising tib-bits about the agency Maddy, Sal and Liam work for. Not too much, just enough to give the reader a taste. Now that's far better story-telling than the 'feed them all now' ethos of the first novel.
Now some reviewers have said how historical accurate this it. I beg to differ, what a load of baloney. If you think we can go back sixty five million years and be historical accurate then you are bonkers. Think about it. For instances, if you go back to say Ancient 'Greek' times, we've got less than 5% of actual books we've known were written, let alone the manuscripts, plays, poetry and other works we don't know about. There lost. This applies to a similar amount from a archaeological perspective. What do we know from dinosaurs? It's a guessing game. Yes the DNA from bones can tell us some more, and also help us build a idea of what particular dinosaurs may have looked like. But to say it's a accurate novel - well no, it's not.
There's another reason I say all of this. Alex Scarrow actually comes up with a gem, which goes along the same lines of what I'm trying to say. We don't know everything, so why not present the reader with a challenging idea. Dinosaurs with rare intelligence. Seems plausible to me. Unfortunately for Liam and his chums these dinos aren't the friendly neighbourhood welcoming dinosaur committee. No, they kill for pleasure (apparently). Lead by Blood Claw, this pack of new predators have been killing other Ankylosaurs, Triceratops and Titanosaurs for sport. They view Liam and his gang as a threat, and begin to 'learn' from them by studying these strange 'creatures' and even learning their language. I'll stop writing now. Very original anyway if you buy it.
So we have to ask the question. Did dinosaurs die off from a meteor impact into the Yucatan Pennisula, or was it someone's cheap aftershave that disagreed with them? Who knows. Day of the Predators is a imaginative piece, that presents the reader with cryptic clues, suggestions and builds on a certain conspiracy that develops throughout this novel. Good stuff, enjoyed this muchly - and the ending, wow.
Welcome one and all to the second book in Alex Scarrow's Timeriders series. I sound a little more upbeat in comparison to the first novel don't I? Well I am. It's much improved.
This time around Liam and his new female meat robot 'Becks' are sent forward in time to rescue a 'future' physicists, Edward Chan, who writes the first paper on theoretical time travel. Let's just say best laid plans are always prone to a mishap or two. It involves a pin-prick sized hole into another dimension (I should explain - fossil fuels have run out in the future, and scientists are trying to create a new energy called 'zero-point' energy. They tap a hole into another dimension), which has been opened to allow humanity to create a new energy form. BAM! All of a sudden, Liam, Becks, Edward and thirteen other souls are thrown back in time to the Cretaceous period.
During this, Maddy back at base realises she 'may' have made a big old balls up. From then on she turns into a bit of a annoying character, I'd say bitch, but that's so un-PC. She ends up going off on these massive rants that, for me, really destroy the character which was created from the first novel. That of being a controlled personality and of understanding. Sure it's a bad situation, but this is their first mission on their own.
Prose is strong this time around, the author being very descriptive with the surroundings of the characters - but not to the point where we are reading reams of pages of the stuff. Alex manages to make Texas sixty-five million years ago plausible with his writing style.
We're also dripped-fed some tantalising tib-bits about the agency Maddy, Sal and Liam work for. Not too much, just enough to give the reader a taste. Now that's far better story-telling than the 'feed them all now' ethos of the first novel.
Now some reviewers have said how historical accurate this it. I beg to differ, what a load of baloney. If you think we can go back sixty five million years and be historical accurate then you are bonkers. Think about it. For instances, if you go back to say Ancient 'Greek' times, we've got less than 5% of actual books we've known were written, let alone the manuscripts, plays, poetry and other works we don't know about. There lost. This applies to a similar amount from a archaeological perspective. What do we know from dinosaurs? It's a guessing game. Yes the DNA from bones can tell us some more, and also help us build a idea of what particular dinosaurs may have looked like. But to say it's a accurate novel - well no, it's not.
There's another reason I say all of this. Alex Scarrow actually comes up with a gem, which goes along the same lines of what I'm trying to say. We don't know everything, so why not present the reader with a challenging idea. Dinosaurs with rare intelligence. Seems plausible to me. Unfortunately for Liam and his chums these dinos aren't the friendly neighbourhood welcoming dinosaur committee. No, they kill for pleasure (apparently). Lead by Blood Claw, this pack of new predators have been killing other Ankylosaurs, Triceratops and Titanosaurs for sport. They view Liam and his gang as a threat, and begin to 'learn' from them by studying these strange 'creatures' and even learning their language. I'll stop writing now. Very original anyway if you buy it.
So we have to ask the question. Did dinosaurs die off from a meteor impact into the Yucatan Pennisula, or was it someone's cheap aftershave that disagreed with them? Who knows. Day of the Predators is a imaginative piece, that presents the reader with cryptic clues, suggestions and builds on a certain conspiracy that develops throughout this novel. Good stuff, enjoyed this muchly - and the ending, wow.
January 1, 2015
Uf, po tomto sa neda nepokracovat... Naozaj neda... Myslel som si ze dinosaury budu nuda... Ale Alex je proste stary fičúr a... Enough is enough, hor sa do trojky... Preco som si ju zasa nechal v praci?!?
August 7, 2016
this is so good, meskipun ada bagian yang terasa repetitif, karena konsepnya sama dengan buku yang pertama, tapi berhasil bikin saya penasaran dengan ceritanya hingga akhir, dan kalimat terakhir, O.M.G. I didn't see that coming. cap cuss buku ke-3
October 29, 2011
I loved the first book in the Time Riders series, and the second was even better! The thing that sticks out to me in these books is how well-researched they are. When dealing with advanced scientific technology and historic details, a lot of research is needed, and Scarrow has clearly spent a lot of time making sure to get the facts straight. Not only does he get them straight, but he explains the science in a way that the average teen will understand what's going on, while also managing to not "talk down" to his readers.
Along with the science of the time travel being interesting, this book was action packed and perfectly paced! I kept turning the pages because I needed to know what was going to happen next. There was never a dull moment. I especially loved seeing how what happened in the past affected the present.
Along with being incredibly creative and attuned to the scientific details of the story, Alex Scarrow is a magnificent writer. Some of the scenes were brilliantly done, such as the ones from Broken Claw's perspective (I imagine it must be difficult to get inside the mind of a primitive lizardy caveman creature!), and the scene where he showed the progression of time and how certain objects made it from the Cretaceous Era to the present. Scenes like those make this book even more unique than it already is, and also made me think about time and evolution and all that fun stuff.
I love the characters as well. Liam is such a good-hearted boy, and Maddy is smart and on her toes. I wish I knew more about Sal, but I'm trusting that we'll learn more about her as the series progresses. Scarrow also does a great job making their support unit -- who takes on a new identity in Day of the Predator -- a character that I connected with, too. Lastly, there was something dropped at the end that caught me totally by surprise! I'm not going to give it away, but it was a great twist :)
If you're a fan of time travel stories, then Time Riders is a must read! I can't wait to see what new adventures await the Time Riders as the series continues.
Along with the science of the time travel being interesting, this book was action packed and perfectly paced! I kept turning the pages because I needed to know what was going to happen next. There was never a dull moment. I especially loved seeing how what happened in the past affected the present.
Along with being incredibly creative and attuned to the scientific details of the story, Alex Scarrow is a magnificent writer. Some of the scenes were brilliantly done, such as the ones from Broken Claw's perspective (I imagine it must be difficult to get inside the mind of a primitive lizardy caveman creature!), and the scene where he showed the progression of time and how certain objects made it from the Cretaceous Era to the present. Scenes like those make this book even more unique than it already is, and also made me think about time and evolution and all that fun stuff.
I love the characters as well. Liam is such a good-hearted boy, and Maddy is smart and on her toes. I wish I knew more about Sal, but I'm trusting that we'll learn more about her as the series progresses. Scarrow also does a great job making their support unit -- who takes on a new identity in Day of the Predator -- a character that I connected with, too. Lastly, there was something dropped at the end that caught me totally by surprise! I'm not going to give it away, but it was a great twist :)
If you're a fan of time travel stories, then Time Riders is a must read! I can't wait to see what new adventures await the Time Riders as the series continues.
Shelved as 'zzzz'
March 15, 2019I started this months ago but there were a few things that made me put it down and never pick it up again:
� The whole ordeal with Bob Junior being female. All the characters had such a sexist response to the situation. It was baffling. There is no reason the AI even needed to be assigned a human gender in the first place but the fact that the characters legitimately believed it would less capable than Bob was gross and sexist. I cannot believe that they went so far as to consider not sending Bob Junior on the mission at all. As if it would literally be better to have Liam without support than with an AI in a female-shaped body. 🙄
� Also, the fact that Liam was even slightly attracted to Junior Bob's new body was gross. Why do we need to sexualise AIs like this?
� The r-word is used twice within the first 50ish pages.
� The Asian secondary character is described as Oriental.
was a big part of my childhood but I am no longer have an interest in reading the rest of the series.
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� The whole ordeal with Bob Junior being female. All the characters had such a sexist response to the situation. It was baffling. There is no reason the AI even needed to be assigned a human gender in the first place but the fact that the characters legitimately believed it would less capable than Bob was gross and sexist. I cannot believe that they went so far as to consider not sending Bob Junior on the mission at all. As if it would literally be better to have Liam without support than with an AI in a female-shaped body. 🙄
� Also, the fact that Liam was even slightly attracted to Junior Bob's new body was gross. Why do we need to sexualise AIs like this?
� The r-word is used twice within the first 50ish pages.
� The Asian secondary character is described as Oriental.
was a big part of my childhood but I am no longer have an interest in reading the rest of the series.
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July 19, 2013
Objektívne? Veľmi dobré. Tú poslednú vetu - asi tak stranu predtým som začala tušiť, že to tak je, ale akože WTF??? to čo je za koniec?
Jediný môj problém s touto knihou bolo zlé načasovanie. Tesne predtýmto som čítala ešte kus namakanejšie sci-fi a nie jedno a toto bolo oproti tomu slabé. Keby som to čítala v inom poradí, asi by ma to chytilo o veľký kus viac. Takto ... no neužívala som si to až tak ako by sa patrilo.
A priznám sa, oveľa viac sa mi páčili a zaujímali ma časti v New Yorku ako tie s dinosaurami.
Ale rozhodne toto neľutujem a neviem sa dočkať ďalšieho dielu - Robina Hooda! A som veľmi zvedavá, čo si ešte Alex pripravil
Jediný môj problém s touto knihou bolo zlé načasovanie. Tesne predtýmto som čítala ešte kus namakanejšie sci-fi a nie jedno a toto bolo oproti tomu slabé. Keby som to čítala v inom poradí, asi by ma to chytilo o veľký kus viac. Takto ... no neužívala som si to až tak ako by sa patrilo.
A priznám sa, oveľa viac sa mi páčili a zaujímali ma časti v New Yorku ako tie s dinosaurami.
Ale rozhodne toto neľutujem a neviem sa dočkať ďalšieho dielu - Robina Hooda! A som veľmi zvedavá, čo si ešte Alex pripravil
May 19, 2023
I really liked this book for many reasons. One was that it has a lot of time travel in it. Another is that it is about dinosaurs that are smarter than they were supposed to be. Last is that it has a lot of exciting elements in it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 2, 2022
This is my third time reading this book, the fact that it STILL managed to make me pull an all nighter to finish it says something
May 2, 2023
Nie bo to zakończenie, jakby co
:o
Tak nie można kończyć książek
Co się stało
:o
Tak nie można kończyć książek
Co się stało
October 15, 2024
Το δεύτερο βιβλίο της επιτυχημένης σειράς του Alex Scarrow, "Οι Φύλακες του Χρόνου" έχει κυκλοφορήσει εδώ και μεγάλο διάστημα από τις εκδόσεις Μεταίχμιο όμως δεν είχα καταφέρει να το διαβάσω μέχρι πρόσφατα. Λάθος! Πολύ μεγάλο λάθος! Γιατί αν με το πρώτο του βιβλίο κατάφερε να με κερδίσει και να μου κινήσει το ενδιαφέρον, με το συγκεκριμένο κατάφερε να ανεβάσει τον πήχη πολύ ψηλά και να μου προσφέρει πολύ περισσότερα απ' όσα πίστευα πως θα πετύχαινε. Αν, λοιπόν, δεν το έχετε ήδη διαβάσει και είστε fans του φανταστικού, σας συμβουλεύω να είναι μία από τις επόμενες αγορές σας, ειδικά αν ανήκετε στο εφηβικό-νεανικό κοινό, στο οποίο άλλωστε και απευθύνεται η σειρά.
Ο Λίαμ, η Μάντι και η Σαλ έχουν αναλάβει για τα καλά πλέον τον ρόλο τους ως Φύλακες του Χρόνου, έναν ρόλο που τους έδωσε παράταση ζωής καθώς ήταν γραμμένο τους να πεθάνουν πολύ νωρίτερα. Το να προσαρμοστούν, βέβαια, στα νέα δεδομένα της καθημερινότητάς τους που είναι αγχωτική και απαιτητική δεν είναι εύκολη υπόθεση, όμως κάνουν ό,τι καλύτερο μπορούν. Μέχρι τουλάχιστον την στιγμή που η Μάντι κάνει ένα μικρό λάθος που στην πράξη αποδεικνύεται πολύ μεγάλο. Ο Λίαμ ταξιδεύει σε έναν τόπο και χρόνο που δεν θα έπρεπε να έχει βρεθεί ποτέ, μην έχοντας την δυνατότητα να επικοινωνήσει με τις φίλες του, την ίδια ώρα που θα έχει μια απρόσμενη συνάντηση με ένα αιμοβόρο αρπακτικό που έχει εξαφανιστεί εδώ και εκατομμύρια χρόνια, κινδυνεύοντας παράλληλα να κάνει κάτι που θα αλλάξει τραγικά την ιστορία της ανθρωπότητας, κάτι που πρέπει να αποφύγει πάση θυσία.
Για άλλη μια φορά έχουμε ένα πολύ καλογραμμένο κείμενο από τον Scarrow ο οποίος μου έδωσε την αίσθηση πως την συγγραφή του συγκεκριμένου βιβλίου την απόλαυσε και την διασκέδασε περισσότερο από του πρώτου. Πολύ πιθανόν αυτό να οφείλεται στις όχι τόσο υψηλές απαιτήσεις μελέτης της ιστορίας, και της προσαρμογής και τοποθέτησής της στα πλαίσια της μυθιστορίας, ή στην παιδική αγάπη που τον συνοδεύει μέχρι και την ενήλικη ζωή του, για τους δεινόσαυρους, ένα θέμα που προσωπικά με συναρπάζει κάθε φορά που το συναντάω. Ναι, αγάπησα αυτά τα εξαφανισμένα ερπετά πριν από δεκαετίες και το πάθος μου γι' αυτά δεν έχω καταφέρει να το ξεπεράσω ακόμα και τώρα που είμαι τριάντα χρονών, και δεν νομίζω πως θα συμβεί και ποτέ.
Το κυρίαρχο στοιχείο στο δεύτερο μέρος των περιπετειών της τριάδας είναι αναμφίβολα η δράση. Δράση συνεχής, ασταμάτητη, εξίσου ενδιαφέρουσα από την πρώτη μέχρι και την τελευταία στιγμή, με συνεχείς ανατροπές που μας κρατάνε σε εγρήγορση και που δεν μας επιτρέπουν να χαλαρώσουμε τους ρυθμούς μας ούτε στο απειροελάχιστο. Το δεύτερο κυρίαρχο στοιχείο είναι το χιούμορ. Χιούμορ φρέσκο, νεανικό, σύγχρονο, αλληλεπιδραστικό, που έρχεται τις κατάλληλες στιγμές για να ισορροπήσει τις καταστάσεις, να χαλαρώσει τα νεύρα, να μας διασκεδάσει και να μας ψυχαγωγήσει και κυρίως, να μας επιτρέψει να νιώσουμε ακόμα μεγαλύτερη οικειότητα με τους πρωταγωνιστές μας, χωρίς να μπερδευτούν τα λεπτά όρια ανάμεσα στην περιπέτεια και την κωμικότητα ούτε για μια στιγμή.
Ένα βιβλίο απολαυστικό, καλογραμμένο, με καταιγιστική δράση από την πρώτη μέχρι και την τελευταία σελίδα. Ένα βιβλίο που δεν σου επιτρέπει να το αφήσεις από τα χέρια σου παρά μονάχα όταν θα έχεις ολοκληρώσει την ανάγνωσή του. Ένα βιβλίο διασκεδαστικό και ευχάριστο που αν και έχει αρκετές ιστορικές αναφορές, είναι λιγότερο δασκαλίστικο από το πρώτο μέρος της σειράς, κάτι που του επιτρέπει να είναι πιο ανάλαφρο και ευκολοδιάβαστο και αυτό είναι κάτι που σε καμία των περιπτώσεων δεν το αναφέρω ως μειονέκτημα ή με διάθεση να υποτιμήσω το τελικό κείμενο. Αντίθετα, σας παροτρύνω για ακόμα μία φορά να το διαβάσετε και να το απολαύσετε, ζητώντας στο τέλος να είχε λίγο ακόμα.
Ο Λίαμ, η Μάντι και η Σαλ έχουν αναλάβει για τα καλά πλέον τον ρόλο τους ως Φύλακες του Χρόνου, έναν ρόλο που τους έδωσε παράταση ζωής καθώς ήταν γραμμένο τους να πεθάνουν πολύ νωρίτερα. Το να προσαρμοστούν, βέβαια, στα νέα δεδομένα της καθημερινότητάς τους που είναι αγχωτική και απαιτητική δεν είναι εύκολη υπόθεση, όμως κάνουν ό,τι καλύτερο μπορούν. Μέχρι τουλάχιστον την στιγμή που η Μάντι κάνει ένα μικρό λάθος που στην πράξη αποδεικνύεται πολύ μεγάλο. Ο Λίαμ ταξιδεύει σε έναν τόπο και χρόνο που δεν θα έπρεπε να έχει βρεθεί ποτέ, μην έχοντας την δυνατότητα να επικοινωνήσει με τις φίλες του, την ίδια ώρα που θα έχει μια απρόσμενη συνάντηση με ένα αιμοβόρο αρπακτικό που έχει εξαφανιστεί εδώ και εκατομμύρια χρόνια, κινδυνεύοντας παράλληλα να κάνει κάτι που θα αλλάξει τραγικά την ιστορία της ανθρωπότητας, κάτι που πρέπει να αποφύγει πάση θυσία.
Για άλλη μια φορά έχουμε ένα πολύ καλογραμμένο κείμενο από τον Scarrow ο οποίος μου έδωσε την αίσθηση πως την συγγραφή του συγκεκριμένου βιβλίου την απόλαυσε και την διασκέδασε περισσότερο από του πρώτου. Πολύ πιθανόν αυτό να οφείλεται στις όχι τόσο υψηλές απαιτήσεις μελέτης της ιστορίας, και της προσαρμογής και τοποθέτησής της στα πλαίσια της μυθιστορίας, ή στην παιδική αγάπη που τον συνοδεύει μέχρι και την ενήλικη ζωή του, για τους δεινόσαυρους, ένα θέμα που προσωπικά με συναρπάζει κάθε φορά που το συναντάω. Ναι, αγάπησα αυτά τα εξαφανισμένα ερπετά πριν από δεκαετίες και το πάθος μου γι' αυτά δεν έχω καταφέρει να το ξεπεράσω ακόμα και τώρα που είμαι τριάντα χρονών, και δεν νομίζω πως θα συμβεί και ποτέ.
Το κυρίαρχο στοιχείο στο δεύτερο μέρος των περιπετειών της τριάδας είναι αναμφίβολα η δράση. Δράση συνεχής, ασταμάτητη, εξίσου ενδιαφέρουσα από την πρώτη μέχρι και την τελευταία στιγμή, με συνεχείς ανατροπές που μας κρατάνε σε εγρήγορση και που δεν μας επιτρέπουν να χαλαρώσουμε τους ρυθμούς μας ούτε στο απειροελάχιστο. Το δεύτερο κυρίαρχο στοιχείο είναι το χιούμορ. Χιούμορ φρέσκο, νεανικό, σύγχρονο, αλληλεπιδραστικό, που έρχεται τις κατάλληλες στιγμές για να ισορροπήσει τις καταστάσεις, να χαλαρώσει τα νεύρα, να μας διασκεδάσει και να μας ψυχαγωγήσει και κυρίως, να μας επιτρέψει να νιώσουμε ακόμα μεγαλύτερη οικειότητα με τους πρωταγωνιστές μας, χωρίς να μπερδευτούν τα λεπτά όρια ανάμεσα στην περιπέτεια και την κωμικότητα ούτε για μια στιγμή.
Ένα βιβλίο απολαυστικό, καλογραμμένο, με καταιγιστική δράση από την πρώτη μέχρι και την τελευταία σελίδα. Ένα βιβλίο που δεν σου επιτρέπει να το αφήσεις από τα χέρια σου παρά μονάχα όταν θα έχεις ολοκληρώσει την ανάγνωσή του. Ένα βιβλίο διασκεδαστικό και ευχάριστο που αν και έχει αρκετές ιστορικές αναφορές, είναι λιγότερο δασκαλίστικο από το πρώτο μέρος της σειράς, κάτι που του επιτρέπει να είναι πιο ανάλαφρο και ευκολοδιάβαστο και αυτό είναι κάτι που σε καμία των περιπτώσεων δεν το αναφέρω ως μειονέκτημα ή με διάθεση να υποτιμήσω το τελικό κείμενο. Αντίθετα, σας παροτρύνω για ακόμα μία φορά να το διαβάσετε και να το απολαύσετε, ζητώντας στο τέλος να είχε λίγο ακόμα.
February 3, 2014
Dinot ei ole mun cuppa, mutta evoluution kautta nekin innostivat. Repiminen ja huvikseen raateleminen tietysti myös. Homma pysyy edelleen kasassa loistavasti, ja kurkittuani tulevia osia luvassa on kaikkea herkkua.
Ehkä pakko ostaa englanniksi kirjastoon ja hioa tästä hemmetin hyvä vinkkaus tehdäkseen oikeutta kirjalle.
On muuten nettikaupassa älyttömän halpa - vink vink.
Ehkä pakko ostaa englanniksi kirjastoon ja hioa tästä hemmetin hyvä vinkkaus tehdäkseen oikeutta kirjalle.
On muuten nettikaupassa älyttömän halpa - vink vink.
December 30, 2014
Hrozně mě mrzí, že č další díly nevyšly, protože je to skvělá série.
January 12, 2023
Ta książka jest idealnym przykładem, dlaczego nie powinno się poddawać, jeśli pierwszy tom średnio nas interesował. Bo podobał mi się średnio, ale miał potencjał i miałam rację, bo ten był świetny! Tym razem na skutek własnych błędów część ekipy zostaje przeniesiona w czasy dinozaurów. I choć wydaje się to dość oklepane (bo przecież zawsze, jak jest błąd przy przenoszeniu się w przeszłość, lądują u dinozaurów), to jest to świetnie ograne!
Przy pierwszym tomie miałam takie: czy ja na pewno chcę to kończyć i dłuższe przerwy pomiędzy kolejnymi próbami skończenia, a tutaj? Tutaj nie chciałam odkładać! Wkręciłam się w fabułę, kibicowałam bohaterom i niecierpliwie czekałam, żeby dowiedzieć się, jak to się wszystko skończy. No i totalnie kocham ten plot twist w ostatnim zdaniu! Także dziękuję, biegnę do trzeciego tomu, bo muszę wiedzieć, gdzie wylądują teraz :D
Przy pierwszym tomie miałam takie: czy ja na pewno chcę to kończyć i dłuższe przerwy pomiędzy kolejnymi próbami skończenia, a tutaj? Tutaj nie chciałam odkładać! Wkręciłam się w fabułę, kibicowałam bohaterom i niecierpliwie czekałam, żeby dowiedzieć się, jak to się wszystko skończy. No i totalnie kocham ten plot twist w ostatnim zdaniu! Także dziękuję, biegnę do trzeciego tomu, bo muszę wiedzieć, gdzie wylądują teraz :D
August 2, 2024
JEZUUUU TA KONCOWKA COOO HXOENEIE COOO nie bylam przygotowana na taką informację 10/10. Naprawdę niby tak śmiesznie fajnie i super został przedstawiony ten świat ale z drugiej strony momentami robi sie naprawdę mrocznie. Liam :((((( mój biedny zmevzony życiem, kochsm go jak syna rodzonego (doslownie juz drugi tom blagalm aby wyszedl z tych przygód calo) (psycha mu siada) (boje sje co bedzie dalej)😭😭😭. Pierwszy tom odrobinę lepszy ale temu też nie można nic zarzucić (bawiły mnie te niby dinozaury XD). Akcja oczywiscie świetnie poprowadzona, nie było momentu w którym bym sje nudziła naprawde.
March 7, 2019
úžasná kniha !!! rovnako ako prvý diel ! nevedela som ju pustiť z ruky. Je tam síce pár logických chýb ale to väčšinou pri cestovaní v čase býva :D každopádne skvelý nápad, originálny, super spracovanie postáv ale ....Ako niekto môže takou vetou ukončiť knihu ako to spravil tento autor??? to by malo byť zakázané ! :D okamžite potrebujem ďalší diel ! A hlavne ... Prečo sú do slovenčiny preložené len 4 diely :( ???
April 10, 2019
I loved the concept of this book. A group of people from the future recruiting people from the past to fix time whenever there is a breach. Of course, things don't always go according to plan. I loved the new type of dino and how it can mimic and learn from them. I really enjoyed the time waves and the changes made by one simple little act. I can't wait to see what happens next in this series.
June 27, 2019
So the last one had Nazis AND zombies, and this one only has dinosaurs. BUT, some of the dinosaurs are super-intelligent.
These books are absolutely bananas ridiculous, and I read them on flights where I know I'll need a good dose of distraction. Sometimes you just want to watch a movie where everything blows up, and this is the written equivalent. These are YA books, and I think there are lots of teens out there that would enjoy these quite a bit. Scarrow is pretty gleeful about plot twists and crazy problem scenarios, and these are just good fun.
These books are absolutely bananas ridiculous, and I read them on flights where I know I'll need a good dose of distraction. Sometimes you just want to watch a movie where everything blows up, and this is the written equivalent. These are YA books, and I think there are lots of teens out there that would enjoy these quite a bit. Scarrow is pretty gleeful about plot twists and crazy problem scenarios, and these are just good fun.
February 21, 2017
This was the 2nd book of the series. It was incredible!!! Full of adventure of time travelling throughout history. Most chapters shifted from where but also when and which part of history do the Time Riders get themselves "temporarily" stuck in.The ending of this book has left me asking so many questions which I dont know the answer to. Absolutely thrilling!!
September 10, 2018
L'histoire se base sur le même principe et le même déroulement que le premier tome mais on est constamment surpris ! Et quelle révélation !
December 30, 2018
Actual rating:4.5
May 20, 2019
Det giver så meget mening at forfatteren er tidligere spiludvikler. Masser af action, men ikke så meget personarbejde ... men der er dinosaurere ....
January 24, 2022
Une nouvelle aventure épique pleine de surprises. Un début un peu long à mettre en place mais qui permet de se rapprocher des personnages.
July 12, 2023
honestly save for a few racist + problematic 2010 things, this was good enough for a five star.
December 27, 2023
4.5
No veía venir ese final� o sea WHAT!?
No veía venir ese final� o sea WHAT!?
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