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A Novel (Tempest - Trilogy)
by Julie Cross
The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he's in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it's not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there's no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it's just harmless fun.
That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he's stuck in 2007 and can't get back to the future.
Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.
But it's not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these "Enemies of Time" will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler. Recruit… or kill him.
Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he's willing to go to save Holly… and possibly the entire world.
Ages 14+
"The protagonist of The Tempest sounds so much like a generic 17 year old boy is supposed to sound, thinks so much as one would expect him to think, that he is, despite his very interesting circumstances, a very dull and predictable guy. What a missed opportunity! YA is a free and unconventional place for authors to inhabit. The usual rules don't apply. The usual voices don't have to be heard. I think that's why there are many surprising, satisfying fresh, brilliant YA books out there. This just isn't one of them." - BookBrowse, Jo Perry
"Starred Review. It is equal parts adventure, romance, science fiction and touching family drama; readers will turn the last page and find themselves wishing they could 'jump' to the future and read the sequel." - Kirkus Reviews
"Tempest is a beautifully written book with an unpredictable plot. It captures the reader's attention quickly and is very unique." - Library Journal
"It's a story packed with moments both tender and electric - Cross's zippy writing and fresh plot are an exhilarating combination." - Publishers Weekly
"I have seen the future and it is Jackson Meyer! I loved Julie Cross's engrossing and engaging Tempest. If I could time-jump, I'd read the sequel yesterday at the very latest." - Nancy Holder, New York Times bestselling author of the Crusade series
"Julie Cross's thrilling debut is brimming with excitement, romance, and intrigue. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough!" - Beth Revis, New York Times-bestselling author of Across the Universe
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in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly "Publishing This Week" newsletter. Publication information is for the USA, and (unless stated otherwise) represents the first print edition. The reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. If you are the publisher or author and feel that they do not properly reflect the range of media opinion now available, send us a message with the mainstream reviews that you would like to see added.
Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
Julie Cross lives outside Chicago, where she works at the local YMCA. This is her first novel. Read her blog at www.juliecross.blogspot.com.
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