Published by Imbrifex Audio Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
Format: ARC, Audiobook
An elite team of scientists and a young woman who can speak Latin are gathered to in a secret laboratory where they have been working on a time travel experiment. Nobel laureate Andrew Danicek, who heads the team, wants to make sure the experiment is a success. He doesn’t want to just bring anyone into the present from the past. He would like to bring a historical figure. One that they can bring to the present for four days, learn what they can from this individual and send back. They decide upon a historical figure and *poof* Julius Caesar is standing in front of them. What will they make of him, more importantly what will he make of them?
They need to be careful; they don’t want to change history – it needs to remain the same! But will it?
Cassandra speaks Latin so naturally she is the interpreter, but things don’t quite go so smoothly at first…
No one knows Caesar is there but then things change, and the plan goes out the window….
I enjoyed this book, and this take on time travel. The Ides of March is an important date on the Roman Calendar, and it also marks the assignation of Julius Caesar. How does it change things when you know someone’s history? How does it change you? Will it change your history? This was a nice audiobook to listen to as I am often driving her and there for work. I enjoyed the narrator and the story.
It may not appeal to some as it does take on a thriller feel around the middle. But I did find one thing in the book to be very clever. Pay attention to the beginning and ending is all I have to say – No spoiler but if you pay attention, you may be thinking “oh how clever!” as I did.
Thank you to Imbrifex Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.