In the City of Time

Description

It's 1891, and Willa Marconi's mentor has just died-but she'll never stop researching. While testing her prototype radio equipment, she detects a mysterious signal. In 2034, a cataclysmic event has rendered the Earth uninhabitable, and humankind survives by living inside of artificial worlds. Riley would do anything for Jaideep, who lost his parents in the collapse of the Bay Area pocket universe-and anything includes building a time machine so they can travel back in time and rewrite history. But the experiment goes wrong and strands all three of them in a time that's not their own. Now they've got a glitchy time machine, a scary android time cop hot on their trail, and tangled temporal mechanics to unravel. Can they save the Earth when the Continuity Agency is dead-set on preserving the current timeline?

Gwendolyn Clare's novels include the Ink, Iron, and Glass and Mist, Metal, and Ash duology, set in the same universe as In the City of Time. Her short fiction can be found in Analog, Asimov's, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Clarkesworld, among others. She has a BA in ecology, a BS in geophysics, and a PhD in mycology, and swears she's done collecting acronyms. She lives in Pennsylvania with too many cats and never enough books.

Praise for the Ink, Iron, and Glass Duology "The novel samples historical figures the way a hip-hop album might sample a classic riff: it opens a window to European history, lets in fresh air, and sends facts flying... This novel is a source of serious fun." --School Library Journal (starred review) on Ink, Iron, and Glass "This debut novel is fully realized steampunk-fantasy, offering an alternate history that deftly and creatively adopts the politics of 19th-century Italy to create a compellingly unique world.... Exciting and original." --Kirkus (starred review) on Ink, Iron, and Glass "Clare's debut is built upon an intriguing premise... A solid series starter featuring a competent, flawed heroine that's built for sf fans." --Booklist on Ink, Iron, and Glass "There's much more to uncover in the political machinations of each world, and a gasp-worthy ending ensures a sequel." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (BCCB) on Ink, Iron, and Glass "The alternate-history thrill ride continues ... The author is a master of character development ... Action and adventure with a fearless heroine at the helm." --Kirkus Reviews on Mist, Metal, and Ash "A satisfying sequel." --Booklist on Mist, Metal, and Ash