Here and Now and Then [Chen, Mike]
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HERE AND NOW AND THEN isThe Time Travellers Wifeif written by Nick Hornby, combining the perfect balance of heart, playfulness and imaginationa sci-fi story with incredible commercial appeal and a heart-wrenching, emotional family element.
Where--and when--would you go for the ones you love?
From theNew York Timesbestsellingauthor ofStar Wars: BrotherhoodA Goodreads Choice Awards 2019 Semifinalist
One of BookBubsBest Science Fiction Booksof 2019
One of Book RiotsBest Books of 2019So Far
One of The Nerd DailysBestDebut Novels of 2019
Featured inThe MillionsA Year in Reading
One of EntropysBestFiction Books of 2019Hell go anywhere and any when to save his daughterKin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in IT, trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter.
But his current life is a far cry from his previous careeras a time-traveling secret agent from over a century in the future.
Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him, until one afternoon, his rescue team arriveseighteen years too late.
Their mission: return Kin to 2142, where hes been gone only weeks, not years, and where another family is waiting for him. A family he cant remember.
Torn between two lives, Kins desperate efforts to stay connected to both will threaten to destroy the agency and even history itself. With his daughters very existence at risk, he will have to take one final trip to save hereven if it means breaking all the rules of time travel in the process.
Heartfelt and thrilling Chens concept is unique, and [his characters] agony is deeply moving. Quick pacing, complex characters, and a fascinating premise.Publishers Weekly, starred review