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Time Keepers

by Nicki J. Markus (Goodreads Author)

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In the not so distant future, Supernaturals have announced their presence to the world. But now a secret government agency is rounding them up, hoping to use them for its own purposes.

With Supernaturals going missing every day, Nick has been careful to guard his own secret, never giving anyone reason to notice him. That is until Ellie comes careering into his train carriag...more

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Published July 7th 2012 by Silver Publishing

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Jul 25, 2012 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars

The setting is London, and the year is 2025. This futuristic novel combines the urban fantasy and dystopia genres to provide an entertaining story full of action and intrigue.

Nick seems quite ordinary in the first chapters, and is immediately drawn to a girl causing a scene at a train station in London. The petite yet feisty girl is running toward the train Nick has boarded to escape the police, and his curiosity leads him to extend an invite back to his place for a few hours of safety from the...more The setting is London, and the year is 2025. This futuristic novel combines the urban fantasy and dystopia genres to provide an entertaining story full of action and intrigue.

Nick seems quite ordinary in the first chapters, and is immediately drawn to a girl causing a scene at a train station in London. The petite yet feisty girl is running toward the train Nick has boarded to escape the police, and his curiosity leads him to extend an invite back to his place for a few hours of safety from the situation she's outrunning. Nick gives this offer thinking they will only be spending a few hours together, but they soon realize that they're allies in this world.

As I mentioned earlier, this is a dystopia. The government has way too much control over its citizens, and even a minor offense can land you in jail for a week's time. The biggest challenge Nick and Ellie face is that the government is rounding up supernatural creatures, and nobody suspected of living a paranormal life is safe. The main goal of this capture of supernaturals is to eradicate them entirely, and this mission does not bode well for our main characters.

While this is an enjoyable, action-filled mixture of genres, it's also a romance. Realizing that they both have a dangerous secret, Nick and Ellie become more drawn to one another and more enveloped in each other's lives as the action progresses. Ellie is a time keeper, which means that she has the ability to temporarily travel through time. The travel itself is only temporary because she is pulled back to her regular time, and has no way to stop this. In interviews with Nicki J Markus, she mentions that in writing this novel she was inspired by The Time Traveler's Wife, and this is one of those aspects where it's easy to spot that influence. The time travel in Time Keepers is done differently despite the similarity of not being able to control when Ellie can travel back to her original time. As a side note, I don't read a lot of time travel novels, so maybe that's a common theme in more than just these two books.

Nick is a werewolf, and this is a problem mainly when it gets difficult to hide his transformation from passers-by. I liked this aspect of the story, that both Nick and Ellie have an aspect of themselves that they cannot fully control. Plus, I think it's interesting to read about their adventures together in a world that is against them for what they are. Their story versus the dystopian government is intriguing, and I like the bits of romance and humor woven into the novel.
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Jul 22, 2012 Ashley Robertson rated it 5 of 5 stars

Absolutely fantastic! This futuristic paranormal thriller was pumped so full of action, I’m still trying to catch my breath. In the future world where this story takes place, things don’t look so good for the supes (supernatural beings, i.e.: vamps, werewolves, time travelers, etc.) and the government is capturing them one by one to either experiment or exterminate them, the lucky ones surviving only by agreeing to abandon their lives and work for the very people that caught them. So when Ellie’...more

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Jul 28, 2012 Cayce rated it 4 of 5 stars

Time Keepers is a fantastic blend of action, paranormal, superb world-building and some romance.

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Nicki J Markus was born in England in 1982, but she now lives in Adelaide, South Australia with her husband. She has loved both reading and writing from a young age and is also a keen linguist, having studied several foreign languages. She has completed a BA (hons) English with French, a PGDip in Translation and a Diploma in Editing/Higher Diploma in Publishing.

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