Alex scarrow books5/22/2023 ![]() "A lot of things changed at that moment in time. ![]() "It's a nexus point in history," Scarrow says. Scarrow acknowledges that 9/11 is a "very mature theme" and that there will be younger readers with whom the events of that day will not resonate, but he also believes that "even young readers sense the sobriety, and understand that something bad happened and that the wounds are still raw".įor the older end of the crossover audience for whom he's aiming, of course, 9/11 has a far greater resonance. Over and over, the teenagers are forced to relive the hours before and after the twin towers collapse. ![]() To add an extra frisson, the TimeRider agency is based in New York City in a time bubble of 48 hours – September 10 and 11, 2001. ![]() Along with the old man, Foster, and an artificial intelligence support unit called Bob, their role in the secret organisation is to police time: preserving history as we know it and smoothing over the ripples in time's surface created by illegal time travel. There's Liam from 1912, saved as the Titanic fills with water Maddy, who was about to die on a plane in 2010 and Sal, rescued from a fire in 2029. The books feature a crack team of "time-riders", all recruited by a mysterious old man who holds out his hand to them just as they're on the brink of death. "Rollercoaster ride" is also a pretty accurate analogy for Scarrow's stories - and his style. ![]()
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