The USA in 2021 is not a pleasant place - after the death of President Carlton in 2016, civilisation has broken down. Several states have ceded, the people fear for their lives. There are gun battles on the city streets and barely enough food to go round. Jamie and Anna are with a group of children at a scientific facility on the outskirts of Washington DC - a compound guarded by the army and with rioters and disaffected clamouring to get inside this safe-haven. But Jamie and Anna don't care about that - they're here because someone at the facility is developing time travel, and that shouldn't happen for centuries yet. With rioters breaking in from outside, and a terrifying monster on the loose inside, our heroes meet the businessman who's funding the research: Darkling Midnight. Can Jamie and Anna stop the monster, escape the rioters, and discover what Midnight's up to? How is it all tied up with the death of the President? And why are the children here - unless they are part of the time experiments themselves?

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Time Runners .

There are 176 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2008 by Simon & Schuster .

Justin Richards is the author of over a dozen genre and sf novels (including Dr Who). He lives in Warwick with his wife, two sons and a nice view of the castle.