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Watchbearers #1
Millennium Crash
EVERYTHING goes wrong when the first research expedition from the future lands in New York City in the summer of 2000. Instead of arriving together, the time-travelers are separated and scattered across the ancient metropolis. Even worse, the professor in charge of the expedition is killed when he materializes in the middle of a busy street—and the device he carries to take them back home is destroyed in the accident. Their project in a shambles before they have even started, now they find themselves stranded in the past—and their troubles are only beginning.
After seeing her mentor die right before her eyes, Team Leader Anya attempts to salvage something from the disaster, starting with rounding up the rest of the travelers. She doesn’t know it yet, but even that much has already become an impossible task.
Research Assistant Samantha finds her own team leader just in time to witness one of her colleagues stab him to death. The only witness to the killing, she chases the culprit through the city—but the murderer has the perfect plan for escaping justice.
Dazed and disoriented in East Harlem, Team Leader Page is being mugged when graduate student Matt Walker runs to her rescue—but playing the white knight will plunge him into improbable peril and lead him into a trap from which there is no escape.
After seeing her mentor die right before her eyes, Team Leader Anya attempts to salvage something from the disaster, starting with rounding up the rest of the travelers. She doesn’t know it yet, but even that much has already become an impossible task.
Research Assistant Samantha finds her own team leader just in time to witness one of her colleagues stab him to death. The only witness to the killing, she chases the culprit through the city—but the murderer has the perfect plan for escaping justice.
Dazed and disoriented in East Harlem, Team Leader Page is being mugged when graduate student Matt Walker runs to her rescue—but playing the white knight will plunge him into improbable peril and lead him into a trap from which there is no escape.
326 pages, Paperback
First published November 12, 2013
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About the author
James Litherland
21 books126 followersI’m a graduate of the University of South Florida, and I now reside as a Virtual Hermit in the wilds of West Tennessee. I've lived various places and done a number of jobs – been an office worker and done hard manual labor, worked (briefly) in the retail and service sectors, and been an instructor. But through all that, I've always been a writer.
I’ve been a voracious reader for as long as I can remember. I cut my teeth on Nancy Drew and devoured all the pulpy adventure stories I could get my hands on before moving to genre greats like Agatha Christie and Isaac Asimov. Then in junior high I became a writer. I started studying the craft of writing – reading books and magazine articles, joining a writers’ group, and taking creative writing classes – and I wrote short stories, eventually a novel, and even some poetry. After thirty years of practice I thought I’d learned a little something, and that’s when I wrote and published my debut novel, Certain Hypothetical. And I learn a bit more with every book I write.
I’m a Christian who tries to walk the walk (and not talk much.)
I’ve been a voracious reader for as long as I can remember. I cut my teeth on Nancy Drew and devoured all the pulpy adventure stories I could get my hands on before moving to genre greats like Agatha Christie and Isaac Asimov. Then in junior high I became a writer. I started studying the craft of writing – reading books and magazine articles, joining a writers’ group, and taking creative writing classes – and I wrote short stories, eventually a novel, and even some poetry. After thirty years of practice I thought I’d learned a little something, and that’s when I wrote and published my debut novel, Certain Hypothetical. And I learn a bit more with every book I write.
I’m a Christian who tries to walk the walk (and not talk much.)
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July 1, 2015
I love Litherland’s writing style. He draws readers completely into his world while at the same time leaving them lots of room to use their imaginations. This melds with his unique yet intriguing storyline that kept me on my toes. The combination of reality and the ‘other’ that comes through from the future was fantastic.
The characters in this novel were fantastic. Litherland developed them as if they were real people that you know. We don’t get their entire biographies, but rather the information that we’d receive if we’d actually met them. These individuals were extremely original yet very easy to identify with. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know them. I loved the contrast between the characters that I do like and those that I didn’t. This made the story feel so much more real to me.
As a whole, this was a uniquely satisfying novel that is a great launch for Litherland’s series.
Please note that I received a complimentary copy of this work in exchange for an honest review.
The characters in this novel were fantastic. Litherland developed them as if they were real people that you know. We don’t get their entire biographies, but rather the information that we’d receive if we’d actually met them. These individuals were extremely original yet very easy to identify with. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know them. I loved the contrast between the characters that I do like and those that I didn’t. This made the story feel so much more real to me.
As a whole, this was a uniquely satisfying novel that is a great launch for Litherland’s series.
Please note that I received a complimentary copy of this work in exchange for an honest review.
December 8, 2022
This book was highly frustrating, and to be honest could of been shorter than it was. I feel like the group of people wasted resources on searching was a highly waste of time. I didn’t enjoy the book till the final chapters.
April 25, 2018
I received an Advance Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I love a good time travel story but this one was just too discombobulated. The characters travel from the future landing in 2000 with absolutely no plan if something goes wrong (and of course it does) and none of them have identification or even a last name. To me it didn't seemed like a very well-thought out research project. As a matter of fact, the reader has no idea why they time traveled in the first place. There are a few hints at the very end but still no real idea why. And I'd really, really like to know what the heck was up with Page and the whole shopping thing. I wonder if THIS was her part of the research though that seems improbable.
Though the story jumps back and forth in time, nothing is lost since different characters go to different time periods which makes it much easier to keep track of things. The characters do show some growth by the end of the book which tells me that the next book should be rather interesting.
I love a good time travel story but this one was just too discombobulated. The characters travel from the future landing in 2000 with absolutely no plan if something goes wrong (and of course it does) and none of them have identification or even a last name. To me it didn't seemed like a very well-thought out research project. As a matter of fact, the reader has no idea why they time traveled in the first place. There are a few hints at the very end but still no real idea why. And I'd really, really like to know what the heck was up with Page and the whole shopping thing. I wonder if THIS was her part of the research though that seems improbable.
Though the story jumps back and forth in time, nothing is lost since different characters go to different time periods which makes it much easier to keep track of things. The characters do show some growth by the end of the book which tells me that the next book should be rather interesting.
February 3, 2015
I was really looking forward to reading this book but, unfortunately, I found it underwhelming.
The premise sounded good and it started out well, but the story quickly deteriorated into dull waiting and organisation sequences. There were lots of visits to the bank, finding food, and just generally waiting around for something to happen. I was bored for much of this book, I think that boredom prevented me from connecting to characters.
I actually sort of liked Sam’s and Anya’s characters (even if I found them a bit one-track minded), but Page was just vapid and stupid. We follow these three characters around and Page’s story seemed to run through the same thing three times, with very little difference – her only plot drivers seemed to be shopping and getting into trouble. I found it was very repetitive.
I did like Anya's authority, but she didn't do much besides find her scattered work colleagues and then... she bought a house. There wasn’t much to her story, except for towards the end when things finally started happened to her, but by that time I was completely disinterested.
Sam's story was the one I came closest to liking, but again it was bogged down by long periods of waiting and spying (which amounted to waiting around outside a building).
As I indicated before, the ending was a bit better, but I am honestly not interested in reading a sequel to this series. That’s just my opinion though, other people might like it. I’d recommend checking out the ‘look inside’ for those interested in buying it, and remember those first few scenes are probably the most action-packed of the book.
The premise sounded good and it started out well, but the story quickly deteriorated into dull waiting and organisation sequences. There were lots of visits to the bank, finding food, and just generally waiting around for something to happen. I was bored for much of this book, I think that boredom prevented me from connecting to characters.
I actually sort of liked Sam’s and Anya’s characters (even if I found them a bit one-track minded), but Page was just vapid and stupid. We follow these three characters around and Page’s story seemed to run through the same thing three times, with very little difference – her only plot drivers seemed to be shopping and getting into trouble. I found it was very repetitive.
I did like Anya's authority, but she didn't do much besides find her scattered work colleagues and then... she bought a house. There wasn’t much to her story, except for towards the end when things finally started happened to her, but by that time I was completely disinterested.
Sam's story was the one I came closest to liking, but again it was bogged down by long periods of waiting and spying (which amounted to waiting around outside a building).
As I indicated before, the ending was a bit better, but I am honestly not interested in reading a sequel to this series. That’s just my opinion though, other people might like it. I’d recommend checking out the ‘look inside’ for those interested in buying it, and remember those first few scenes are probably the most action-packed of the book.
November 16, 2019
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*
Millennium Crash is the first book in the Watchbearer’s Quartet by James Litherland, which in Douglas Adams’ style is already up to Book 5.
The story begins when a group of researchers from the future land in New York in the year 2000. Unfortunately something has gone very wrong with their equipment, and the team find themselves separated, scattered, and not all have landed somewhere safe. With both accidental death and murder within the first few pages, the book starts in very dramatic style.
After the initial action however, the story settles down into a more sedate pace, cataloguing the smaller trials and tribulations faced by the group of professionals as they attempt to survive in a past they are unfamiliar with, access their finances, set up a base of operations and conduct the social research they came for… all with the knowledge that their stay may be more permanent than they first envisaged.
Many of the problems faced by the team seem to stem from a lack of field testing of equipment or psychological testing of researchers, which raises a lot of questions about the research project as a whole! Who thought it would be a good idea to send people into the past with faulty technology and without much of a clue as to the culture and society they would need to integrate with?! It made me wonder whether the team’s run of horrendous luck was coincidence or design…?
The only issue I had with the story, was with Matt. Matt is not one of the time-travellers, but bumps into Page (who is) when she is vulnerable and needs assistance. He proceeds to take advantage of her situation to firmly attach himself to her; going as far as to steal her personal belongings and then refusing to return them, using their possession to control her and force her to stay in his company against her will. This is treated in the narrative as a kind of meet-cute. We see the situation from Matt’s viewpoint and see that he admires Page – he wants to look after her and protect her, and doesn’t want to lose her. To achieve this, he withholds money and means of travel from her, and dictates what clothes she may wear, and even what subjects she is ‘allowed’ to research as part of her entire purpose in the past – no speed dating or salsa dancing, because that doesn’t suit his purposes! Page herself seems to tolerate his manipulations calmly, whilst not actively welcoming them. Unfortunately, as a reader his behaviour came over as controlling and emotionally abusive, and so I was horrified to find him being accepted as an honorary member of the team, based on his ‘support’ of Page.
Matt aside, Millennium Crash is a fascinating series starter – setting up a complex situation for Anya and her colleagues, with plenty of scope for further action in the overarching mysteries surrounding them. Will they manage to find a way back home? Have they been deliberately sabotaged, or is it just bad luck? Is the lovely bank assistant, Verity, playing true to her name or part of a deeper game?
This is a great read for anyone who likes their sci-fi to combine incidents of dramatic action with a slower-paced build up of insight into the more day-to-day problems of time travel.
Anya darted through the newly created parking lot to help John. Shouted swear words swelled into the continuing cacophony of car horns blasting, the overwhelming noise pressing upon her still struggling senses. The transition from the sterile, quiet conference room of a moment ago to this raging sea of stimulation was a bad jolt. The fall from a feeling of excitement for their journey to this horror deeply jarred her.
– James Litherland, Millenium Crash
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpres...
Millennium Crash is the first book in the Watchbearer’s Quartet by James Litherland, which in Douglas Adams’ style is already up to Book 5.
The story begins when a group of researchers from the future land in New York in the year 2000. Unfortunately something has gone very wrong with their equipment, and the team find themselves separated, scattered, and not all have landed somewhere safe. With both accidental death and murder within the first few pages, the book starts in very dramatic style.
After the initial action however, the story settles down into a more sedate pace, cataloguing the smaller trials and tribulations faced by the group of professionals as they attempt to survive in a past they are unfamiliar with, access their finances, set up a base of operations and conduct the social research they came for… all with the knowledge that their stay may be more permanent than they first envisaged.
Many of the problems faced by the team seem to stem from a lack of field testing of equipment or psychological testing of researchers, which raises a lot of questions about the research project as a whole! Who thought it would be a good idea to send people into the past with faulty technology and without much of a clue as to the culture and society they would need to integrate with?! It made me wonder whether the team’s run of horrendous luck was coincidence or design…?
The only issue I had with the story, was with Matt. Matt is not one of the time-travellers, but bumps into Page (who is) when she is vulnerable and needs assistance. He proceeds to take advantage of her situation to firmly attach himself to her; going as far as to steal her personal belongings and then refusing to return them, using their possession to control her and force her to stay in his company against her will. This is treated in the narrative as a kind of meet-cute. We see the situation from Matt’s viewpoint and see that he admires Page – he wants to look after her and protect her, and doesn’t want to lose her. To achieve this, he withholds money and means of travel from her, and dictates what clothes she may wear, and even what subjects she is ‘allowed’ to research as part of her entire purpose in the past – no speed dating or salsa dancing, because that doesn’t suit his purposes! Page herself seems to tolerate his manipulations calmly, whilst not actively welcoming them. Unfortunately, as a reader his behaviour came over as controlling and emotionally abusive, and so I was horrified to find him being accepted as an honorary member of the team, based on his ‘support’ of Page.
Matt aside, Millennium Crash is a fascinating series starter – setting up a complex situation for Anya and her colleagues, with plenty of scope for further action in the overarching mysteries surrounding them. Will they manage to find a way back home? Have they been deliberately sabotaged, or is it just bad luck? Is the lovely bank assistant, Verity, playing true to her name or part of a deeper game?
This is a great read for anyone who likes their sci-fi to combine incidents of dramatic action with a slower-paced build up of insight into the more day-to-day problems of time travel.
Anya darted through the newly created parking lot to help John. Shouted swear words swelled into the continuing cacophony of car horns blasting, the overwhelming noise pressing upon her still struggling senses. The transition from the sterile, quiet conference room of a moment ago to this raging sea of stimulation was a bad jolt. The fall from a feeling of excitement for their journey to this horror deeply jarred her.
– James Litherland, Millenium Crash
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpres...
January 12, 2022
Dull, unintelligent characters, stiff, repetitive prose, lack of action, and generally, a complete lack of realistic planning and assessment on the part of the time travelers make this a painfully bad read. The notion that this group of idiots would be sent to the past with so little training and preparation is just ludicrous, and anyone who isn’t asking themselves why the main characters are in this situation is giving absolutely zero thought to what they’re reading. There are some interesting ideas, right alongside some truly horrendous characterization and plot devices, and that’s before we get to the fairly abusive and misogynistic behavior of one character. This is a boring story built on a series of dumb premises.
By the time we meet know for sure that a-hole misogynist is as bad as we think, there’s little left to hold interest, as not much else occurs. The action dries up. The ideas dry up. I’m not sure why this became five books. This should have been edited down to a tenth of this length, and it should have been the introduction to something more ambitious and interesting. No way I’m wasting more time on this series.
By the time we meet know for sure that a-hole misogynist is as bad as we think, there’s little left to hold interest, as not much else occurs. The action dries up. The ideas dry up. I’m not sure why this became five books. This should have been edited down to a tenth of this length, and it should have been the introduction to something more ambitious and interesting. No way I’m wasting more time on this series.
January 26, 2018
Possibly the most disorganised and ditzy group of time travellers since Bill and Ted.
A little hard to take them seriously when they land in 2000 unexpectedly separated as a group. No contingency plans, no backup and no clue. Became rather disgruntled at their bumbling around. Common sense, strategic and logistical thinking appears to have vanished from the psyche of people in the future. Perhaps it's just this bunch.
Things did improve in the latter third of the book. There was more logic to their behaviour and thought processes, humour trickled in and there were some good twists. Whilst not the most compelling time travel book I've read, it was enjoyable enough and did leave me rather wanting just what happens next.
I received an e-ARC of this book and chose to post a review.
A little hard to take them seriously when they land in 2000 unexpectedly separated as a group. No contingency plans, no backup and no clue. Became rather disgruntled at their bumbling around. Common sense, strategic and logistical thinking appears to have vanished from the psyche of people in the future. Perhaps it's just this bunch.
Things did improve in the latter third of the book. There was more logic to their behaviour and thought processes, humour trickled in and there were some good twists. Whilst not the most compelling time travel book I've read, it was enjoyable enough and did leave me rather wanting just what happens next.
I received an e-ARC of this book and chose to post a review.
November 8, 2021
I received this book for free in exchange for writing a review. I generally enjoy time-travel stories, and this was enjoyable to read. However, the author left many gaping holes in the story, like just who are these people, where and when did they come from, and why did they Travel to this particular point and place in history (or the future)? Due to this construct, the characters remain flat and two-dimensional. I suppose the story and characters might flesh out more in future books, but I’m not really enticed enough to actually spend money to purchase the rest of the series. Perhaps one day the boxed set will be on sale for 99 cents and I will give a thought to purchasing the rest of the volumes then.
August 15, 2020
I've always liked time-travel, which this book tried to be. I really dislike writing an unfavorable review, but I have to.
There is time travel here, but there was no plot I could find. Teams of people with supposed specialties traveled back from some undisclosed time for extremely vague purposes. The team members were frankly worthless; one member a murderer and thief; another more interested in shopping for shoes than anything else. They did some banking and chasing each other around, but nothing of substance happened.
More than anything else, this book was frustrating and I was glad at its abrupt end.
There is time travel here, but there was no plot I could find. Teams of people with supposed specialties traveled back from some undisclosed time for extremely vague purposes. The team members were frankly worthless; one member a murderer and thief; another more interested in shopping for shoes than anything else. They did some banking and chasing each other around, but nothing of substance happened.
More than anything else, this book was frustrating and I was glad at its abrupt end.
January 13, 2021
A book about how to find your way when the unthinkable happens to your research group, and your lost in time.
The storyline is plausible, the characters likeable, but the book itself didn't draw me in. I started reading a few other books at the same time as this one, but came back to finish it. The ending doesn't really seem to be a stopping point, and I'm not sure I'll read the 2nd one.
The storyline is plausible, the characters likeable, but the book itself didn't draw me in. I started reading a few other books at the same time as this one, but came back to finish it. The ending doesn't really seem to be a stopping point, and I'm not sure I'll read the 2nd one.
April 24, 2020
Interesting
Millennium Crash starts in the future and continues with trips to the not so distant past. An intriguing read but increasingly confusing due to all the skipping around in different cities, time and the characters were constantly changing.
I enjoyed the story line and look forward to reading more books by James Litherlan.
Millennium Crash starts in the future and continues with trips to the not so distant past. An intriguing read but increasingly confusing due to all the skipping around in different cities, time and the characters were constantly changing.
I enjoyed the story line and look forward to reading more books by James Litherlan.
April 17, 2021
Not my usual read
I don’t normally go for the “sci-fi” type books but this one looked intriguing so I gave it a try. Now I’m hooked on the series. Very well written, keeps you guessing and wondering “could that really happen?” And I still want to know what year the Travelers came from and what happened to the world as we know it.
I don’t normally go for the “sci-fi” type books but this one looked intriguing so I gave it a try. Now I’m hooked on the series. Very well written, keeps you guessing and wondering “could that really happen?” And I still want to know what year the Travelers came from and what happened to the world as we know it.
January 4, 2021
I enjoyed bits of the story, I like time travel, but the names were confusing as not enough characterisation was given. I kept thinking Sam was a man. Also flipping to and fro between each group had me dizzy. I will not be reading any more.
March 19, 2021
Time Travel or more of the Same?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The character development was quite convincing and entertaining. This series let me see how we live through the eyes of our future selves. There is nothing new under the sun.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The character development was quite convincing and entertaining. This series let me see how we live through the eyes of our future selves. There is nothing new under the sun.
May 7, 2022
I was intrigued by the premise of this book and toward the end it got better, however the majority of the book was all exposition. I do understand that this is the first book of a series, but I was not hooked enough to want to continue.
September 26, 2019
Very interesting book. Not a new concept to be sure, but it is well handled, and I kind of liked the three separate stories that (mostly) merged by the end of the book. Nicely done.
November 23, 2019
Hard to stick with the book long enough to finish. No particular plot and the characters just stumble around getting into obvious scrapes.
April 24, 2020
No
I didn’t care for this book. Nothing against the author, just most definitely not my glass of sweet iced tea
I didn’t care for this book. Nothing against the author, just most definitely not my glass of sweet iced tea
July 12, 2020
Time Travel versus Mental Insanity to Police Investigation... Excellent Read!
July 21, 2020
Sometimes a bit difficult to follow, with different people in different times, but well worth the time to read. I enjoyed it.
May 20, 2021
I thought the story concept was interesting, but I had some problems keeping up.
April 2, 2015
This book was won on Goodreads as a Read & Review copy. My thanks to the Author, the Publisher, and of course, Goodreads for the opportunity.
Time Travel stories have always fascinated me since reading The Time Machine by H.G. Wells when I was a mere youngster in my pre-teen years.
The idea of a group of Time Researchers within the book Millennium Crash is in itself a great concept. Written with a solid plot, well devised characters, and intriguing multiple subplot twists and turns caught my interest right from the first page. The total mystic of their original time-frame in the future is another plus.
But…
Did notice a couple of typos, which should had been caught before going to press. An example of one that I did mark for a quick reference occurred on page 296: last paragraph/first sentence. …and was grateful there was no else close enough to see her surprised… Missing a single word (one). There was another error like this earlier on, but I never jotted down the page number. And because of this, instead of the Five Star I would had given, got slipped down to a Four. Sorry. I’m fairly stringent when it comes to reading a tad bit of sloppiness that could (and should) had been avoided by having another proof-reader throughly recheck the original manuscript before sending it off to be published. Please note that Spelling Checkers do work, but not for grammatical structuring. Another set of eyes may discover things that were missed the first or even the third time around.
Nevertheless, the story got me completely hooked for the next instalment.
Time Travel stories have always fascinated me since reading The Time Machine by H.G. Wells when I was a mere youngster in my pre-teen years.
The idea of a group of Time Researchers within the book Millennium Crash is in itself a great concept. Written with a solid plot, well devised characters, and intriguing multiple subplot twists and turns caught my interest right from the first page. The total mystic of their original time-frame in the future is another plus.
But…
Did notice a couple of typos, which should had been caught before going to press. An example of one that I did mark for a quick reference occurred on page 296: last paragraph/first sentence. …and was grateful there was no else close enough to see her surprised… Missing a single word (one). There was another error like this earlier on, but I never jotted down the page number. And because of this, instead of the Five Star I would had given, got slipped down to a Four. Sorry. I’m fairly stringent when it comes to reading a tad bit of sloppiness that could (and should) had been avoided by having another proof-reader throughly recheck the original manuscript before sending it off to be published. Please note that Spelling Checkers do work, but not for grammatical structuring. Another set of eyes may discover things that were missed the first or even the third time around.
Nevertheless, the story got me completely hooked for the next instalment.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 24, 2015
I would like to thank the author, James Litherland, for giving me a copy of this book to read and review. The concept of time travel is very intriguing and I was curious to see how the author would handle the intricacies of paradoxes and time/space limitations. Although the book does pop back and forth in time, the continuity of the story was not lost. I enjoyed the way that the travelers were able to adapt to their new environment, in spite of the fact that their leader did not complete the journey with them. As a whole, the plot and the characters were highly successful in conveying the notion of time travel. There were a couple of areas, however, that I had trouble reconciling. In my opinion, Kirin's motivations were not clearly defined and I had trouble believing that pure evil was the factor that set it all in motion. Matt did not react to Page's situation the way that a Good Samaritan would, especially in his refusal to return her watch. I look forward to reading more of this series and I am curious to find out how far into the future from which the travelers have come. If you are interesting in the concept of time travel, you will enjoy reading Millennium Crash.
November 3, 2016
Great time travel story!
This story begins with everything going wrong, then the situation gets worse, and THEN things go really bad. I was hooked from the start.
A group of researchers from the future who travel back in the past to the year 2000 in New York are dealing with unexpectedly being separated, accidental death, injuries, murder, and a traitor. Some time travel stories get really confusing and hard to wrap your head around but this one is easy to keep track of which I really appreciate.
There is a large cast of characters who have a lot of different personalities which keeps things interesting. With a lot of time hopping, a mugging, a murderer pursuit, shopping, stakeouts, car chases, and just in time getaways there is plenty of action.
I loved the story and enjoyed how everything was set up for future books. Thankfully I have book two already so I don't have to wait and can jump right in. I definitely recommend Millenium Crash.
I received this book free from the author but I'm not obligated to write a positive review, just an honest one.
This story begins with everything going wrong, then the situation gets worse, and THEN things go really bad. I was hooked from the start.
A group of researchers from the future who travel back in the past to the year 2000 in New York are dealing with unexpectedly being separated, accidental death, injuries, murder, and a traitor. Some time travel stories get really confusing and hard to wrap your head around but this one is easy to keep track of which I really appreciate.
There is a large cast of characters who have a lot of different personalities which keeps things interesting. With a lot of time hopping, a mugging, a murderer pursuit, shopping, stakeouts, car chases, and just in time getaways there is plenty of action.
I loved the story and enjoyed how everything was set up for future books. Thankfully I have book two already so I don't have to wait and can jump right in. I definitely recommend Millenium Crash.
I received this book free from the author but I'm not obligated to write a positive review, just an honest one.
April 20, 2015
I received this book directly from the author at his own expense.
I really enjoyed the author's previous Slowpocalypse series so I did have high hopes for this series too. I was not disappointed. The tone and location are different in this to that series but those that enjoyed Slowpocalypse will probably enjoy this too.
The story contains time travel, death and murder yet I think it could be read by young adults as well. I like the style of the author and how his words flow. I feel he has not left the reader behind in this book despite some difficult scientific and science fiction concepts being used throughout the book.
I see this as a very promising start to a series and I will be reading book 2 shortly and book 3 at some point after it is released.
I really enjoyed the author's previous Slowpocalypse series so I did have high hopes for this series too. I was not disappointed. The tone and location are different in this to that series but those that enjoyed Slowpocalypse will probably enjoy this too.
The story contains time travel, death and murder yet I think it could be read by young adults as well. I like the style of the author and how his words flow. I feel he has not left the reader behind in this book despite some difficult scientific and science fiction concepts being used throughout the book.
I see this as a very promising start to a series and I will be reading book 2 shortly and book 3 at some point after it is released.
November 14, 2016
This is a really nice time-travel adventure. The story is set in New York. The first teams of time-travelling researchers goes back in time to the year 2000, but everything seems to go wrong: accidental deaths, crimes and the teams split in different directions. This is how Anya, Sam and Page start looking for each other and their helpers, as well as for the criminal, while trying to continue their scientific and archaeologic research.
I really enjoyed this book. It's full of interesting characters and plot twists. My favourite characters are Page and Matt. I'll soon start to read the next book of the series, and I'm looking forward to knowing what happens to them, as well as to the rest of the Watchbearers.
I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
I really enjoyed this book. It's full of interesting characters and plot twists. My favourite characters are Page and Matt. I'll soon start to read the next book of the series, and I'm looking forward to knowing what happens to them, as well as to the rest of the Watchbearers.
I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
March 10, 2015
Fascinating! I love the concept of time travel explorers, scientist, and historians! Gripping in that there is peril around every corner and whatever can go wrong does. Fast paced in the race to find misplaced cohorts and solutions to barriers that may prevent them going home. Characters are people you know and work with - everyone with a different agenda an focus.
September 9, 2016
I won this novel in the First Read's giveaway! I was enthralled with the concept Litherland presents in the first novel of the Watchbearers! Not only was I entertained but the characters were somewhat ominous, yet relatable. There was a nice balance in the story, I can't wait to read the second one!
August 20, 2015
I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways. It was alright. The story was alright. I wish there was a little more introduction to the characters and which ones were important, it was slow to get a grasp on that, it seemed new characters were just thrown in at first. Overall three stars for the concept of it.
December 22, 2015
I received this book from the author and loved every page. It is a plot driven, time travel adventure that makes a great reading experience. I can't wait to read James Litherland's other books as well. Millennium Crash tackles one of the age old time travelers questions; what happens if you get stuck in another time. I love the characters and their continual growth throughout the story.
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