“In this heartfelt and thrilling debut, Chen revitalizes the trope of the absent and unavailable father. “Clever, thrilling and full of heart, it is an instant sci-fi classic.” – "A subtly woven meditation about the fragility of time raises the bar in this smart, fun, and affectionate story." - Kirkus Reviews One of Book Riot's Best Books of 2019 So Far One of BookBub's Best Science Fiction Books of 2019 "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. It’ll take one final trip across time to save Miranda-even if it means breaking all the rules of time travel in the process. But when his best efforts threaten to destroy the agency and even history itself, his daughter’s very existence is at risk. Torn between two lives, Kin is desperate for a way to stay connected to both. Their mission: return Kin to 2142, where he’s been gone only weeks, not years, and where another family is waiting for him. Until one afternoon, his “rescue” team arrives-eighteen years too late. Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him, despite the increasing blackouts and memory loss affecting his time-traveler’s brain. But his current life is a far cry from his previous career.as a time-traveling secret agent from 2142. Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in IT, trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter, Miranda.
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