Time’s Agent
Time’s Agent by Brenda Peynado, published by Tor Publishing Group on August 13, 2024, is a thought-provoking exploration of love, loss, and the complexities of time travel. This edition spans 208 pages and is presented in English. The narrative unfolds in a multiverse setting, where humanity has discovered pocket worlds—hidden dimensions that manipulate time. The story follows archeologist Raquel and her wife, Marlena, as they navigate the consequences of their past dreams and the harsh realities of a world dominated by corporate interests.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of themes including motherhood, grief, and environmental collapse woven throughout the plot. As Raquel grapples with her tarnished reputation and the estrangement from Marlena, who now resides in her own pocket universe, the narrative delves into the nature of memory and the choices that define our lives. Peynado’s work invites contemplation on the implications of time travel and the moral dilemmas faced in a world where every moment can be altered.
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“All at once a meditation on motherhood, grief, war, environmental collapse, dread, and the nature of memory and time. I ate it up.”—Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author
A multiverse story of love, loss, time travel, and final-stage capitalism from award-winning author Brenda Peynado.
Pocket World—a geographically small, hidden offshoot of our own reality, sped up or slowed down by time.
Following humanity’s discovery of pocket worlds, teams of academics embarked on groundbreaking exploratory missions, eager to study this new technology and harness the potential of a seemingly limitless horizon.
“What would you do, given another universe, a do-over?”
Archeologist Raquel and her wife, Marlena, once dreamed the pocket worlds held the key to solving the universe’s mysteries. But forty years later, pocket worlds are now controlled by corporations squeezing every penny out of all colonizable space and time, Raquel herself is in disgrace, and Marlena lives in her own pocket universe (that Raquel wears around her neck) and refuses to speak to her.
Standing in the ruins of her dream and her failed ideals, Raquel seizes one last chance to redeem herself and confront what it means to save something—or someone—from time.
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