From Publishers Weekly
Somoza (
The Art of Murder) combines elements of SF, horror and suspense in an ingenious novel with an original intellectual premise that delivers a megaton of action and adventure. In 2015, Madrid physics teacher Elisa Robledo receives a phone call that plunges her back 10 years to a time when she worked with famous Spanish physicist David Blanes. Blanes theorizes that by using quantum physics and string theory he can build a machine that will enable researchers to see the past. Elisa joins Blanes and a small team of scientists on New Nelson, a mysterious island where they realize all of Blanes's theories. After intriguing glimpses of dinosaurs and Jerusalem during Jesus' lifetime, the project begins to go seriously awry. People die, the lab explodes and in the end everyone is taken away and ordered never to speak to each other again. Then things get really bad. While not quite up to Michael Crichton standard, this page-turner is sure to please thrillers fans.
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Review
"It never occurred to me that playing with time could have such terrifying consequences. This novel reveals them all." (Javier Sierra, author of New York Times Bestselling The Secret Supper )
"Magnificent.belongs on every thriller fan's must-read list." (Booklist (starred review) )
"An ornate rumination on the razor-thin line between satisfying one's scientific curiosity and violating the laws of nature." (Booklist (starred review) )
"Literate, savvy, tense, and thoughtful with plenty of atmosphere. It's a pleasure to read a Jose Carlos Somoza novel." (--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Templar Legacy and The Third Secret )
"Slices like a serrated dagger. Relentlessly paced, fiercely narrated, brilliantly clever,here is a thriller for the new millennium." (--James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Map of Bones and Black Order --James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Map of Bones and Black Order )
"...A scrupulously researched and terrifying scientific thriller...it's impossible not to be hooked." (Miami Herald )
