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A Remedy In Time

Jennifer Macaire (Goodreads Author)

4.17 · Rating details · 23 ratings · 19 reviews

A new disease is decimating the large mammal population and is poised to infect humans. Its resemblance to a typhus from the last ice age is troubling, and so two scientists are sent back to get blood samples from the megafauna of the time, including the sabre tooth tiger.

Upon arrival, one scientist is killed and the other calls for help - but her rescuers are part of a ca ...more

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Jan 23, 2021 Jessica Belmont rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I LOVE Jennifer Macaire’s writing. I’ve read many of her previous books and I was so excited to see A Remedy In Time in my email.

This is a time travel novel, and my goodness, it is SO well written. We travel back to the last Ice Age and something this author does so well, is vivid descriptions. I was sucked in and felt like I was in the settings being described.

Time travel can be so complicated, but this book is not confusing at all. I was able to follow the story, and setting it down was imposs ...more

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Nov 19, 2020 Alison rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020-read, adopted-orphan, arc, disabilities, historical, love-triangle, scientist, stem, terrorists, time-travel

Robin Johnson is a scientist who has made a study of typhoid. The year is 3377, the world is very different and is being ravaged by a deadly variety of typhoid which is 100% fatal. When time-travelling scientists believe the strain has somehow been brought forward from the last Ice Age Robin is hand-picked to be sent back 12,000 years to bring back samples that might help to create a vaccine.

But things rapidly go downhill. Robin's companion, the survival specialist dies almost as soon as they ar ...more

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Feb 11, 2021 Chitra Iyer rated it it was amazing

First thing that I noticed was the writing style. Amazing, as usual! This one is the second book in the Tempus U time travel series.

The book begins in the year 3377 when the world is being infected with a mysterious virus. Robin is chosen to travel back in time, to the ice age, to find a cure for the virus. She has to encounter the many unknowns to save mankind and that forms the rest of the story. The idea is so fascinating, isn’t it?

Again, the book is beautifully written. It is absorbing and a ...more

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Jan 01, 2021 Lis Carey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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In the 3370s, the political map of the world, in particular North America, has changed a great deal. Robin Johnson, a biologist, and researcher for the Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies at the Tempus University time travel lab, lives in the country, not the state, of California. A new strain of typhus, Typhus-77, is threatening the world, devastating large mammals and starting to attack humans. There's currently no cure. It's believed to be a version of a typhus strain that ...more

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Jan 28, 2021 Jenna Rideout rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I was granted complimentary eARC access to A Remedy in Time by Jennifer Macaire via NetGalley as part of my participation in a blog tour for this title through Rachel's Random Resources. Thank you to all involved in affording me this opportunity! This has not swayed my opinion. My thoughts are my own and my review is honest.

My full tour stop blog post will be live 28 January 2021 at https://www.westveilpublishing.com/?p...

The year is 3377 and Robin has a chance to travel back in time with the h I was granted complimentary eARC access to A Remedy in Time by Jennifer Macaire via NetGalley as part of my participation in a blog tour for this title through Rachel's Random Resources. Thank you to all involved in affording me this opportunity! This has not swayed my opinion. My thoughts are my own and my review is honest.

My full tour stop blog post will be live 28 January 2021 at https://www.westveilpublishing.com/?p...

The year is 3377 and Robin has a chance to travel back in time with the hope of finding clues toward a cure for a strain of typhus that has become a significant problem. The trouble is she needs to travel back to the last ice age, and time travel seems to have a finite cap on exactly how far back a traveller can go and still return. The last ice age is beyond that.

I was immediately charmed and won over by Robin's account of how she came to work with her current mentor, exposing herself for the strategically agreeable and opportunistic woman she is, and noting that he gave up on his grumpy act that scared away her predecessors after failing to scare her off for a couple of years. I was immediately invested in these characters! It was clear from the start that Robin is our protagonist and the plot will follow her, but honestly, I wanted a little more of her and her stubborn mentor in the beginning. The way she introduced their working relationship sounded like it would be so amusing to be a fly on the wall!

The prospect of taking a human from a millennium in the future and sending her back into pre-history is an amazingly tantalizing idea, and the payoff in this novel does not disappoint! The creatures we read about in National Geographic and hear about on The History Channel are brought to life with great skill in this book, and the kid in me who dreamed of a career in paleontology could not get enough.

The reason this book is solidly a 4 star for me and not a full 5 is that the relationship that attempts to develop between Robin and the prehistoric man Yah just didn't do it for me. He's quite interesting and endearing, but the dynamic between them exposes just how accurate Robin's self-diagnosis of sociopath is. She doesn't change at all. She doesn't respond to him the way he thinks she should or the way the reader thinks she should. There's nothing truly there on her part. (And besides, isn't contact with paleolithic people prohibited? I know circumstances changed, but...)

Overall this was a great read, and I would highly recommend it to all lovers of historical fiction, light science fiction, and time travel. This is technically book two in a series, but it is advertised as being readable as a standalone, and I can attest that is true. I would also like to extend my compliments to the cover artist! Had I not been presented with the opportunity to access this book through the tour I would have undoubtedly come across this one in the NetGalley listings and been drawn to it anyway. This is the sort of cover that makes you look closer! ...more

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Jan 29, 2021 Sue rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A Remedy in Time is the second book in the time travelling Tempus U series, but is is very different from the first book, A Crown in Time, which was for the most part a historical fiction novel based in Middle Ages France. This time around, Jennifer Macaire takes us on an action adventure mission going back thousands of years to the Ice Age.

Robin Johnson, scientist from the year 3377, is sent back in time to try to get some clues to help her discover a cure for a deadly virus that is killing tho A Remedy in Time is the second book in the time travelling Tempus U series, but is is very different from the first book, A Crown in Time, which was for the most part a historical fiction novel based in Middle Ages France. This time around, Jennifer Macaire takes us on an action adventure mission going back thousands of years to the Ice Age.

Robin Johnson, scientist from the year 3377, is sent back in time to try to get some clues to help her discover a cure for a deadly virus that is killing thousands of humans and animals in her own time - one which bears a striking resemblance to a disease that seems to have existed twelve thousand years ago. However, once she travels into the past, she unexpectedly finds she has more on her hands than collecting samples and trying to stay alive in a hostile environment - it is going to be up to her to use all her many skills to the max, not just her scientific knowledge, to get through her ordeal and back to her own time.

This was such a fun book, with a protagonist you can unquestionably get behind and I found myself racing through the pages. Robin is a woman with a troubled past, focussed and labelled as a sociopath in her own time, but she turns out to be the perfect candidate for the varied tasks she is called on to perform when her mission is turned on its head - and while saving the future, she discovers she can save herself as well!

There are some great characters in this book, of both the hero and villain variety - and not all of them are human. Jennifer Macaire recreates a very realistic pre-historic environment for them to inhabit too, with terrain, flora and fauna all beautifully described, and you feel the menace of the dangerous environment throughout. If you are looking for tales of sabre-toothed tigers (smilodons), mammoths, dire wolves, huge bears and even giant beavers, then you are in for a treat here. I became very fond of Yah, Robin's unexpected pre-historic ally, and I defy you not to fall in love with the adorable lonely glyptodon!

There's loads of action and suspense, and an intriguing underlying thread of the importance of Robin being able to find a cure for the deadly disease causing havoc in her time, which allows our author to bring in some thrilling elements of dastardly deeds and corruption that serve to raise the plot more than a few notches above your average time travel adventure - and the way she uses 'future' technology here is really very clever. In many ways, it reminded me of Michael Crichton's books, which is always a good thing.

The final part of the book is rather thought-provoking, bringing in some intriguing dystopian touches, and the ingenious ending has a few delightful surprises which rounded the story off beautifully. I thoroughly enjoyed this one and cannot wait to see where Jennifer Macaire goes next in her time-travelling series. ...more

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Feb 02, 2021 Victoria Wilks rated it really liked it · review of another edition

In this book we are taken on a journey to the year 3377, a year in which there is a deadly virus that is spreading rapidly and causing havoc all over the world. Scientists are desperately battling to create a vaccine but as of yet to no avail. They soon come to realise that the virus appears to be similar to one that existed in the past, and that the cure could possibly be found within the blood of the sabretooth tiger.

This is the point that we meet Robin Johnson, the scientist who is more than In this book we are taken on a journey to the year 3377, a year in which there is a deadly virus that is spreading rapidly and causing havoc all over the world. Scientists are desperately battling to create a vaccine but as of yet to no avail. They soon come to realise that the virus appears to be similar to one that existed in the past, and that the cure could possibly be found within the blood of the sabretooth tiger.

This is the point that we meet Robin Johnson, the scientist who is more than willing to take part in the extraordinary and extremely dangerous decision they come to. Deciding the only feasible chance they have at finding a much needed cure, Robin must go back in time and retrieve the samples herself. From here the ever feisty Robin faces many challenges and obstacles as she tries to do what quite simply seems impossible.

It’s not just the creatures from the past that are a danger to her safety either. Along the way she faces terrible deaths, murder plots and of course a lot of running through the woods and trying to avoid becoming food to one of the many creatures lurking.

This story had me hooked right from the start. The storyline is so completely unique it is impossible to not find yourself getting lost within the world in which Jennifer brings to life so vividly in your mind. Robin’s character certainly grew on me throughout the story too as she learnt about her own inner strengths, making it impossible for me to not grow to adore her and what she stands for. The detail to the past certainly adds to the story and it is clear the author has done extensive research on this. The storyline is also incredibly reflective on life as it is for us all right now as we also try and navigate our own ways through a pandemic. It is purely coincidence of course, however it did allow me to connect to the story in a way I simply did not think was possible.

The entire book is written brilliantly from start to finish, with a perfectly paced storyline that takes hold of your imagination and takes you on a journey. With unique characters, and an even more unique storyline this book is the perfect form of escapism that we all so desperately need right now. ...more

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Dec 10, 2020 Tom Williams rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Jennifer Macaire’s books combine wild action adventure plots against a meticulously researched background. Her latest thriller does not disappoint on either of these.

Although I am pretty sure the book was written before covid, the background is scarily contemporary: the world is being ravaged by a pandemic with no cure. The best possibility of a cure lies in the blood of sabre-tooth tigers (smilodons) which studies have shown carried the virus and from which you could make an antidote. Don’t spe ...more

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Dec 20, 2020 Jena Henry rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Would you like to travel back in time to the Pleistocene era? The Pleistocene is the geological epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago. Homo sapiens evolved during this era. We now live in the epoch that followed- the Holocene epoch, known as The Age of Man. And yes, I would love to travel back to the days of great woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers.

Thanks to one of my favorite authors, Jennifer Macaire, I can enjoy a vivid visit to the meadows, rivers and forests of th ...more

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Jan 14, 2021 Galina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A Remedy in Time by Jennifer Macaire is a science-fiction/time travel novel. It's a fast-paced, edgy and atmospheric read that will absorb you from the very first pages.
The plotline moves from the "present" (3377) to the last Ice Age. A deadly virus is taking over the world. It is a new type of typhus which can infect animals as well as humans. It does not respond to any typhus treatments, and starts to ravage the continent. Scientists call its clinical signs and symptoms disturbing. To better u A Remedy in Time by Jennifer Macaire is a science-fiction/time travel novel. It's a fast-paced, edgy and atmospheric read that will absorb you from the very first pages.
The plotline moves from the "present" (3377) to the last Ice Age. A deadly virus is taking over the world. It is a new type of typhus which can infect animals as well as humans. It does not respond to any typhus treatments, and starts to ravage the continent. Scientists call its clinical signs and symptoms disturbing. To better understand the transmission dynamics, the team is going back as far as possible in time to get samples.

Robin Johnson, a researcher for the Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies at the Tempus University time travel lab is one of the chosen for the trip back in time to observe the sabre-toothed tigers who went extinct very quickly, and the Center wants Robin to identify the reason.
When her travel partner dies an agonising death as soon as they arrive to the Ice Age, the signal is sent back to the present to bring in a rescue team. Waiting for them to arrive, Robin has to survive in the unknown terrain, surrounded by vicious prehistoric creatures.

Death stalks her at every step. She nearly drowns, and is rescued by the caveman. Not only Yah is Robin's saviour, it appears that he might have a solution to finding a vaccine. His family died from the typhus-77, but he survived, and his blood is full of antibodies. In the hands of unscrupulous pharma companies, his blood would be worth a fortune. Robin is intent to hide Yah before the rescue team arrives. While Robin hopes to find the cure for the deadly virus, the rescue team members have their own agenda. Will Robin be able to stay alive and stop the virus at its source?

This is a story of contrasts, from the fascinating wild life and habitats of the Ice Age and the customs and ways of cavemen, to the sci-fi vision of the future with its spectacular technology as well as the bleak apocalyptic world on the verge of self-destruction.

A Remedy in Time is a dark, nail-shredding, gripping read. You don't know which characters you can trust. And you will never expect a shocker of a twist at the end. Compulsive reading!

Full review appears on my blog: https://chezmaximka.blogspot.com/2021...

Disclosure: I received an e-copy of the book on Netgalley. ...more

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Jan 24, 2021 Melanie Farmer rated it really liked it

So before I even comment on the novel, I think we should all take a moment to appreciate the gorgeous cover! Wow! I really love it, it really captures the essence of the book.

This is not a novel I would ordinarily have chosen to read, but sometimes its nice to read something outside of your usual genres. A Remedy in Time centres around Robin, a woman who is highly intelligent but with a murky past. In fact, she remembers almost nothing about her childhood. In the year 3377 this makes her a dange So before I even comment on the novel, I think we should all take a moment to appreciate the gorgeous cover! Wow! I really love it, it really captures the essence of the book.

This is not a novel I would ordinarily have chosen to read, but sometimes its nice to read something outside of your usual genres. A Remedy in Time centres around Robin, a woman who is highly intelligent but with a murky past. In fact, she remembers almost nothing about her childhood. In the year 3377 this makes her a dangerous woman in society, but her intelligence and subsequent work on the much needed vaccine for the fatal strain of typhus that is currently affecting the planet all work in her favour. She should never have been considered for a time travel mission, but her expertise are deemed essential in finding a cure for the disease that is destroying humanity, and halting the movement of people between Earth and Mars.

Jake is one of Robin's closest friends, and the son of Dr Powell, Robin's mentor. They can't seem to stay away from each other, despite Jake being in an on/off relationship with Helen. Jake is also less than keen on Robin time travelling. Whilst time travelling is now used regularly, Robin is due to go back 12,000 years which is at the absolute limit of the time travelling capabilities.

As I'm sure you can imagine, Robin's journey does not go smoothly. It is full of danger and mystery, as well as pre-historic beasts that Robin (and we as the reader) could only ever imagine. Pre-historic natural history is really brought to life in this novel in such a unique way, and I actually really enjoyed it! It was completely different to any novels I've read before, but it was really nice to escape to such a different landscape. So if you're looking for something a bit different, this could be the book for you. There's plenty of danger, there's some twists and turns, and there's a little bit of romance thrown in for good measure! So maybe go and grab yourself a copy of A Remedy in Time and immerse yourself in the pre-historic timeline! ...more

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Dec 10, 2020 Kath rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I was drawn to this book as I am a big fan of Jodi Taylor and saw that they are a bit similar in genre and delivery. I was not disappointed!
We start in the year 3377 and there is a deadly virus running rampage, scientists are battling to develop a vaccine - sound a bit familiar lol! Anyhoo, the virus appears to be similar to a variety of typhus from the past. Enter scientist Robin Johnson who is tasked with going back in time to the Ice Age to get samples to assist with this.
And so begins a ter ...more

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Jan 24, 2021 Lauren rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

In the future, time travel is a tool of academia - expensive, but not impossible. With the world threatened by a viral strain of typhus with a 100% fatality rate, self-diagnosed sociopath Robin is sent back in time to gather samples that might kickstart the hunt for a vaccine. Unfortunately, corporate greed is timeless and Robin must survive the past to save the future.

Robin is such an interesting heroine. She's very unemotional in part due to a traumatic past that I'd perhaps have liked a bit m ...more

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Dec 03, 2020 Tayler rated it liked it · review of another edition

I'm once again torn on how to decide on a rating for a book. It started off really well and I was very invested up until about the 50% mark, but then it started to fall a little flat. I guess you can't expect many different things to happen in the paleolithic times, but theres only so many smilodon attacks, or glyptodon encounters you can read before it becomes a little dull. There were some positives too, I loved Yah and feel like he should have had a bigger role. I just found the plot a little ...more

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Jan 07, 2021 Samantha- The Paperback Collector rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Part-survival story, part-time travel, part-prehistoric lover’s dream, this story follows scientist Robin as she is sent back ten thousand years from her present of 3377 A.D. A new disease resembling a strand of typhus from way back when is rampaging, taking out lives on Earth AND Mars, Humanity’s only hope of survival is to travel back and find samples of the virus from which to form an antidote I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Part-survival story, part-time travel, part-prehistoric lover’s dream, this story follows scientist Robin as she is sent back ten thousand years from her present of 3377 A.D. A new disease resembling a strand of typhus from way back when is rampaging, taking out lives on Earth AND Mars, Humanity’s only hope of survival is to travel back and find samples of the virus from which to form an antidote.

But when Robin arrives and her companion is immediately killed by a weapon clearly meant for her, a more sinister scheme starts to surface, evidence that the disease from her time was planted there by a group meaning to profit off of desperation. And when Robin’s rescue team proves to be in on the plot, she must rely on herself alone, to survive not only in the past, but to bring back hope of saving the future.

This book has a super cool concept that roped me right in. The stakes were high from the start, with Robin literally being one of humanity’s sole hopes of surviving the contagion running rampant. Her trip back in time reads like a survival story first and foremost, foraging for samples and getting caught in nature, though the addition of high-tech gadgets from the future solving the most dangerous injuries and situations seeks to diminish the stakes that were initially introduced. Not even death is permanent with the help of technology from the future, it seems.

Robin is a strong, intelligent lead, but her narrative is logical to a fault, in that she is so smart that she has no faults, and so doesn’t really learn or change as a result of her circumstances. And there are some crazy circumstances. The presence of a caveman-turned-friend seeks to humanize her, but a repetition series of events goes from exciting to monotonous very quickly. Even a lightly touched-upon romance doesn’t quite give her the emotional depth you’d expect in a main character.

All in all, there were a lot of things that pulled me out of the story and kept me from enjoying it fully, but I can see this resonating with certain audiences. It’s a quick read, one that I’d recommend to readers who value setting over plot and character development. It’s definitely a unique blend of futuristic tech and prehistoric simplicity, a combination you don’t see all that often.

*Special thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an e-arc in exchange for a fair and honest review!*

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Feb 02, 2021 AJ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Loved it. I got completely lost with Robin on her journey. Well written with a storyline that totally enthralled me. My first Jennifer Macaire book, but not my last.

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Feb 02, 2021 Natalie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Incredible story from a brilliant author. Jennifer knows how to engage and move her readers like no other!

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Jan 07, 2021 Mel Pretorius rated it liked it · review of another edition

Not my usual style of book to read but "A Remedy in Time" by Jennifer Macaire resonated with the current pandemic. Set way in the future time travel is possible. Could it be used to cure Typhus 77? Having not time travelled myself, I am unsure how realistic the process is and also having not lived in the times of dinosaurs, again I am unsure how accurate this is. However, this does not matter as the story is interesting, particularly the relationship between the main character and Yah, a prehist ...more

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Jennifer Macaire lives in France with her husband, three children, & various dogs & horses. She loves cooking, eating French chocolate, growing herbs and flowering plants on her balcony, and playing golf. She grew up in upstate New York, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. She graduated from St. Peter and Paul high school in St. Thomas and moved to NYC where she modeled for five years for Elite. She we ...more