The narrator, a civil servant, is offered a new position that has her managing/monitoring/acclimating an “expat.” These expats are people who have been pulled from deep in the past through the miracle of time travel. While she helps her charge, Commander Gore, a man who originally perished on an arctic expedition 200 years ago, adjust to a modern day London filled with Instagram and women wearing pants, she falls for him. This could be problematic as she begins to uncover the government’s true aim with this top secret time-travel project.
This book gets points based on the unique concept and genre-blending alone. It’s part historical fiction, part spy-thriller, part sci-fi, and a little bit of romance mixed in. If I’m being honest, the main reason I subtracted stars is because I didn’t fully understand the timelines. My brain hurt.
3.75 out of 5 stars.
Pair with: McSorley’s ale. With their plate of raw onions.
Peaches to Apples 