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Scrapyard Ship #4
Realms of Time
Welcome to the fourth installment of the Scrapyard Ship series, Realms of Time. Captain Jason Reynolds and his team are up against a new, and unexpected foe—an adversarial force that has every intention of aligning with the powerful and dreaded Craing Empire.
The enemy strikes from Earth’s high orbit, deploying five time-shifting spheres. The spheres are strategically positioned to link-up and set Earth’s clock back 100 years into the past. But when that course of action is interrupted by The Lilly’s crew, the results become far worse. Fluctuating time realms rapidly spread across the globe and threaten to rip the planet apart. Join Jason, Billy, Traveler, Ricket and Dira on their mission as they literally travel to the ends of time to bring Earth back to the twenty-first century.
The enemy strikes from Earth’s high orbit, deploying five time-shifting spheres. The spheres are strategically positioned to link-up and set Earth’s clock back 100 years into the past. But when that course of action is interrupted by The Lilly’s crew, the results become far worse. Fluctuating time realms rapidly spread across the globe and threaten to rip the planet apart. Join Jason, Billy, Traveler, Ricket and Dira on their mission as they literally travel to the ends of time to bring Earth back to the twenty-first century.
304 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 4, 2014
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April 20, 2024
DNF'd. I'm kind of tired of the main character. And the story. The plot is good, it's just that the whole thing in general has gotten old. Sorry McGinnis. It's not you, it's me.
May 7, 2019
I have enjoyed all McGinnis' books and this one is no exception - he's good at moving a story along quickly and bringing unexpected elements to bear. Without giving too many details, he brings every situation to life, and while I don't like the F-bombs (that's what the four stars is about), I do like the fact that he pretty much keeps it clean (or has so far). I'll be reading more. I bought the next book this morning. This is fun reading, to be sure.
June 21, 2019
An MWM. SYFY. Novel (SSSB - 4: ROT.)
MWM. has. penned the fourth novel of the Scrapyard Ship series where a Time Phase that effected Earth had to be reversed. The Captain and his mini crew travel through time to neutralize the Time Phase devices before further damage could become worse than presently presented. The example wad Nan being dead and then Nan being alive plus two Mollie's. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
MWM. has. penned the fourth novel of the Scrapyard Ship series where a Time Phase that effected Earth had to be reversed. The Captain and his mini crew travel through time to neutralize the Time Phase devices before further damage could become worse than presently presented. The example wad Nan being dead and then Nan being alive plus two Mollie's. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
December 14, 2017
Pretty far fetched
I found the characters sort of shallow and so very predictable. SciFi needs to be at least nominally believable. This story was really not. Not sure why I kept reading given the characters and odd storyline—jumping back and forth through multiverses.
I found the characters sort of shallow and so very predictable. SciFi needs to be at least nominally believable. This story was really not. Not sure why I kept reading given the characters and odd storyline—jumping back and forth through multiverses.
February 8, 2020
Earth is under attack, by drones that creates areas of time, past and future. If the drones are not destroyed simultaneously, Earth as we know it will be destroyed. With the help of their rhino like alien allies, the earthmen save the day!
October 24, 2021
This series is so enjoyable! Good action, great characters.
I was looking for something to read and came across this series by Mark Wayne McGinnis and I am so glad I found it. This has been an enjoyable read so far and I cannot wait to continue with the next book in the series.
I was looking for something to read and came across this series by Mark Wayne McGinnis and I am so glad I found it. This has been an enjoyable read so far and I cannot wait to continue with the next book in the series.
May 9, 2017
Now things are going crazy...
Now things are crazy. I am not sure if I like the ending of this book. Really bad guy gets away? Not liking what this could mean.
Now things are crazy. I am not sure if I like the ending of this book. Really bad guy gets away? Not liking what this could mean.
September 5, 2017
Great
This was another Outstanding Book in th Scrapyard Series. I will continue to read them in order. Keep them coming.
This was another Outstanding Book in th Scrapyard Series. I will continue to read them in order. Keep them coming.
May 10, 2018
Crazy Wild Ride
This was really full of twists and turns...
Thing is I’ve finished this in 2 days where it normally takes a week or two... Hard to put down! Next!!!
This was really full of twists and turns...
Thing is I’ve finished this in 2 days where it normally takes a week or two... Hard to put down! Next!!!
August 31, 2019
Recommend
I liked this book as much as the first two! I would definitely recommend reading the whole series. Very entertaining
I liked this book as much as the first two! I would definitely recommend reading the whole series. Very entertaining
June 21, 2021
Fun
Time travel has its wheels. Are you coming or going, back, forward, same or separate continuous ... who knows? space time
Time travel has its wheels. Are you coming or going, back, forward, same or separate continuous ... who knows? space time
January 26, 2022
great series
Very creative story that keeps getting more interesting. Plenty of action
It’s as good as the first ones.
Now I will start 5
Very creative story that keeps getting more interesting. Plenty of action
It’s as good as the first ones.
Now I will start 5
June 16, 2025
Book 4 in the series was good, but I found the story line starting to drag a bit. New challenges seemed unrealistic and inserted simply to provide topics to write about in the book. The action felt a bit on repeat mode. This can be a problem with a series of books, but felt more noticable than in other series I have read.
August 14, 2022
Exciting to the last word!
Time and chance, who or what survives, lives or dies. Tragedy comedy and bravery. And romance of a sort.
Worth reading twice!
Time and chance, who or what survives, lives or dies. Tragedy comedy and bravery. And romance of a sort.
Worth reading twice!
August 31, 2014
30 Aug 14 - A Good Story Continues! 5 out of 5 Stars
This is a really good series of books. Starting out in a scrapyard doesn’t sound like a promising start to a science fiction story but that’s where it starts and that’s where this books ends.
Captain Jason Reynolds has been off trying to find out what is going on with the Caldurian’s and one in particular, Granger. It turns out that while Granger was thought to be a friend, he’s turning out just the opposite. He’s now threatening Jason asking him to turn over the Lily has some very advance technology the Caldurian’s don’t want Earth to have right now. And to enforce the threat, Granger launches five drones towards Earth. Their activation could send Earth civilization back a 100 years or more.
Jason takes a very innovative action to stop the Caldrian ship the Minian. In fact, his actions result in the capture of the Minian while at the same time the disappearance of all the Minian’s crew. Now it’s up to Jason, with the help of Ricket, a robotic Caring, to figure out how to stop the five drones circling Earth from activating.
This takes you down to the planet where you start experiencing some very strange time period changes. Earth is fluctuating between different pasts. Some places are in the dinosaur age while others have advance 30,000 years into the future. Jason and his bunch have to find all five of these drones and then find a way to deactivate each one before they link together and throw Earth back a 100 or even a 1000 years in the past.
The story line continues with the same characters and introduces new ones in this book. Although Nan, Jason’s ex-wife does get killed, she is a live at the end of the book. You’ll have to read the entire book to find out how this happens.
Fast paced action, lots of interesting science and some good fighting.
October 9, 2014
Another fun return from the Scrapyard Ship series. Essentially the naughty aliens from the multi-verse have screwed planet earth, tearing it up into regions with fastly different timezones and a threat that requires the main characters to go from time zone to time zone to solve the problem. Of course the time zones are all linked with famous points in history rather than just a random Tuesday from a few years ago :) There were some weaker elements in this story, some of the time zones were exciting and fun but others were rushed and fairly poor. Overall though, it was a very enjoyable read from characters we have all grown to love. Simple, light, easy to follow military scifi fun!
December 4, 2015
Times are-a changen
My dogs are barken! What was that, look . . Over there mate . . Hairy humans with sticks. Later in the missions . . . Dinosaurs, then unfriendly flying weed hackers of the future. Oh boy! WWII German tanks and ground pounding solders.
As the away team advances through the separate time shifts to deal with the spherical Time changing Battle Bots the away teams mission time is cut short. They now must quickly deal with the remaining bots or earth is doomed to a random fixed time period.
This series is a wild ride. I'm enjoying it. I think any sci-fi fan of military, outer space, future tech would like it too.
My dogs are barken! What was that, look . . Over there mate . . Hairy humans with sticks. Later in the missions . . . Dinosaurs, then unfriendly flying weed hackers of the future. Oh boy! WWII German tanks and ground pounding solders.
As the away team advances through the separate time shifts to deal with the spherical Time changing Battle Bots the away teams mission time is cut short. They now must quickly deal with the remaining bots or earth is doomed to a random fixed time period.
This series is a wild ride. I'm enjoying it. I think any sci-fi fan of military, outer space, future tech would like it too.
June 18, 2016
This is the 4th book in the Scrapyard Ship series by Mark Wayne McGinnis. In this one Captain Jason Reynolds and his crew must stop a weapon sent against Earth that will reset Earth's history to 100 years in the past effectively removing all modern technology and leaving Earth helpless against the coming Craing invasion. Five probes have been scattered across the globe and are causing the past, present and future to intermix. Jason and hos crew must cross these different time periods and disable the probes before they reset history. This book is action packed as were the first three and have interesting characters. I recommend this book to all fans of Space Opera.
September 29, 2014
The book Realms of Time is the 4th book in the Scrapyard Ship series. In this book Captain Reynold's ship Lily is almost destroyed by a much more advanced ship, Mimian. The Minian sent drones to earth that changed the timeframe drastically. Captain Reynolds and his team must go to earth and deactivate all the drones and change earth back to present day. In their adventures the fight Dinosaurs, Cavemen, Robots, and many other creatures. When they complete in earth is only 3 weeks behind and they go to save Jason's ex-Wife from dying.
April 4, 2016
finishing up this book I had a few impressions one its reading level is a little low, also why is the captain so unimaginative and passive in this book I also feel like the author is just sacrificing rhino warriors just to add some deaths to his books he never gives a satisfactory description of the deaths. Also as a navy seal jayson is most unreliable combat officer i've ever seen breach and clear, eliminate threat, return to base. His skills over all are just a little insulting to navy seals
July 18, 2014
This series has several holes in the characters and plot (to many wtf in the storyline). I lost it from the characters in the book in book 2 but I have kept reading - plodding along to be honest just because its like a train wreck - I know it is bad just hope it won't get worse and I am curious enough to see how it will end. I am just not enthused, so if the authour stopped I would not be disappointed or complain!!! Getting predictable with the storyline and characters as well.
August 27, 2014
This series will continue, but I won't be reading (listening) to it. Mark is simply too predictable, and the logic simply doesn't add up.
*** Spoiler Alert ***
Why is it that Captain Reynolds is concerned about killing Nazis, Genghis Khan and his ilk, and returning the dinosaur's eggs when he knows nothing he does in the past affects his time frame? This cost lives. I want to drop this down to a two-star rating when I think about it.
*** Spoiler Alert ***
Why is it that Captain Reynolds is concerned about killing Nazis, Genghis Khan and his ilk, and returning the dinosaur's eggs when he knows nothing he does in the past affects his time frame? This cost lives. I want to drop this down to a two-star rating when I think about it.
February 21, 2015
It's never ending
This series keeps going as life keeps going. The author is keeping will ahead
Of me in his writings and so I can go from one book to the next without losing
My interest in the story and try building it back up after a long wait for another
Book to be released.
The story is very exciting with a Hugh amount of action and a great amount of
Adventure with an abundance of mystery.
This series is will worth your time to get hooked on & enjoy.
This series keeps going as life keeps going. The author is keeping will ahead
Of me in his writings and so I can go from one book to the next without losing
My interest in the story and try building it back up after a long wait for another
Book to be released.
The story is very exciting with a Hugh amount of action and a great amount of
Adventure with an abundance of mystery.
This series is will worth your time to get hooked on & enjoy.
August 1, 2015
moving right along
McGinnis has put together a story which rattles along un-put-downably progressing the story of captain Jason and his family's war with the craing. the characters are developed to the stage where the fate of worlds is less significant than that of the characters, which is fine by me provided the science continues internally consistent. on the evidence of the earlier books of the series that is highly probable. the whole series has my recommendation.
McGinnis has put together a story which rattles along un-put-downably progressing the story of captain Jason and his family's war with the craing. the characters are developed to the stage where the fate of worlds is less significant than that of the characters, which is fine by me provided the science continues internally consistent. on the evidence of the earlier books of the series that is highly probable. the whole series has my recommendation.
June 19, 2014
Good series
can't wait for the 5th book to be released. hopefully sooner than later. Fast read and interesting storyline. when does the next one come out ?
can't wait for the 5th book to be released. hopefully sooner than later. Fast read and interesting storyline. when does the next one come out ?
November 5, 2014
Really enjoyed this book and all the other series.
July 30, 2015
Really?
The way Book 3 ended was widely panned, and yet, this author was completely unfazed and makes the same mistake. Done reading this series.
The way Book 3 ended was widely panned, and yet, this author was completely unfazed and makes the same mistake. Done reading this series.
May 9, 2016
would make a great mini series on TV
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