On the eve of a huge, breakout success, a poor but brilliant young game developer is pulled out of her world, and time itself, by a cowboy desperately searching for the daughter he lost two hundred years ago.
Cady McCall is ready to be rich and famous. She’s sacrificed everything, putting her work ahead of family and friends. Now with mad success and huge wealth so close she can taste it, her life is blown apart by Deputy Marshal John 'Titanic' Smith, the man who rescues her from two muggers, only to carry her off into history. Lost on the seas of time, Smith is desperate to get home to his family in 1876, and now Cady is lost along with him, facing danger and finding love in Victorian London, Ancient Rome and in the near-future America of President for Life Donald Trump.
Praise from S.M. Stirling.
"John Birmingham has done a smashing time-travel, cross-cultural adventure, mysterious strangers, dystopian Trumpist gladiator uprising alternate history sword and sandal Western bodice-ripper mystery novel and I'm panting for more. Great characters, dynamite realistic action, and Jack the Ripper among the Victorian proto-feminists. Deranged and brilliant!"
**
Review
Praise for John Birmingham's other series. Axis of Time, The Disappearance. and Dave vs the Monsters.
"Plenty of grist and humour". Sunday Times
"An excellent page-tuner, laced with black humour." FHM
**
"Glorious excitement and meticulous density..." - scifi.com
"A weapons-grade military techno-thriller... It's like a Clive Cussler novel fell into a transporter beam with a Stephen Ambrose history, and they came out all fused together." - Time
"If there was a Booker for explosive alternative history techno-thrillers with guts and brains, it would be a cinch." - Sydney Morning Herald on Axis of Time.
"In many ways, Dave vs. the Monsters is perfect summer reading. It's not too deep, not a hard read, and has a blockbuster film quality to it." - SFRevu.com
"It's a fast, darkly humorous monster mash which would make a great superhero movie." - Sydney Morning Herald on Dave vs the Monsters.
"An absolutely cracking read..." SFSite.com on Without Warning.
From the Author
I enjoyed myself more writing A Girl in Time than I have in... well, in a very long time. I loved time travel stories growing up, and I'm still a sucker for them now. I also love westerns, mysteries and take-no-prisoners hero-babes who don't take no guff from no-one. (Yeah, yeah I know. Double double negative. Maybe even a triple double).
Grab a sample if you think you might like to read. I'm sure you'll love this story and these characters as much as I do. I'd certainly love for you to join us on this journey.
Description:
The past is another country. A dangerous one.
On the eve of a huge, breakout success, a poor but brilliant young game developer is pulled out of her world, and time itself, by a cowboy desperately searching for the daughter he lost two hundred years ago.
Cady McCall is ready to be rich and famous. She’s sacrificed everything, putting her work ahead of family and friends. Now with mad success and huge wealth so close she can taste it, her life is blown apart by Deputy Marshal John 'Titanic' Smith, the man who rescues her from two muggers, only to carry her off into history. Lost on the seas of time, Smith is desperate to get home to his family in 1876, and now Cady is lost along with him, facing danger and finding love in Victorian London, Ancient Rome and in the near-future America of President for Life Donald Trump.
Praise from S.M. Stirling.
"John Birmingham has done a smashing time-travel, cross-cultural adventure, mysterious strangers, dystopian Trumpist gladiator uprising alternate history sword and sandal Western bodice-ripper mystery novel and I'm panting for more. Great characters, dynamite realistic action, and Jack the Ripper among the Victorian proto-feminists. Deranged and brilliant!"
**
Review
Praise for John Birmingham's other series. Axis of Time, The Disappearance. and Dave vs the Monsters.
"Plenty of grist and humour". Sunday Times
"An excellent page-tuner, laced with black humour." FHM
**
"Glorious excitement and meticulous density..." - scifi.com
"A weapons-grade military techno-thriller... It's like a Clive Cussler novel fell into a transporter beam with a Stephen Ambrose history, and they came out all fused together." - Time
"If there was a Booker for explosive alternative history techno-thrillers with guts and brains, it would be a cinch." - Sydney Morning Herald on Axis of Time.
"In many ways, Dave vs. the Monsters is perfect summer reading. It's not too deep, not a hard read, and has a blockbuster film quality to it." - SFRevu.com
"It's a fast, darkly humorous monster mash which would make a great superhero movie." - Sydney Morning Herald on Dave vs the Monsters.
"An absolutely cracking read..." SFSite.com on Without Warning.
From the Author
I enjoyed myself more writing A Girl in Time than I have in... well, in a very long time. I loved time travel stories growing up, and I'm still a sucker for them now. I also love westerns, mysteries and take-no-prisoners hero-babes who don't take no guff from no-one. (Yeah, yeah I know. Double double negative. Maybe even a triple double).
Grab a sample if you think you might like to read. I'm sure you'll love this story and these characters as much as I do. I'd certainly love for you to join us on this journey.