A Time Traveler in a Multiverse

 

In order to be a time traveler, you have to be dead in the worlds you go to so you don’t sustain serious injury. Cara is dead in 372 of the 380 worlds in the multiverse. She can go almost anywhere. Cara lives in a society that is highly structured. The city is a place of privilege. People live relatively luxurious lives. The city is surrounded by the barren wilderness Cara came from. Having come to the city to work, she now wants this life and plans to become a citizen.

Then the unforeseen happens. Clara goes to a world where she isn’t dead. The Clara in that world faked her own death and now the time traveler is in trouble.

This is a fascinating book. On one level it is an action packed adventure on the other it is a voyage of self-discovery for Cara. In traveling to different worlds she meets aspects of herself that make her think about who she truly is. In addition to that is the contrast between the life in the city and the life in the wilderness. What is it worth to work for all the glittery things in the city and what must you give up?

If you like adventure stories that also make you think, this is a good one.

I received this book from Penguin Random House for this review.