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Time's Divide (The Chronos Files Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Rysa Walker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 3 of 3: The Chronos Files

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The Cyrists are swiftly moving into position to begin the Culling, and Kate’s options are dwindling. With each jump to the past or the future, Kate may trigger a new timeline shift. Worse, the loyalties of those around her—including the allegiances of Kiernan and the Fifth Column, the shadowy group working with Kate—are increasingly unclear.

Kate will risk everything, including her life, to prevent the future her grandfather and the Cyrists have planned. But, when time runs out, it may take an even bigger sacrifice to protect the people she loves.

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Rysa Walker is the author of the runaway hit Timebound, which was the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Grand Prize winner, its sequel Time’s Edge, and the novella Time’s Echo. Walker grew up on a cattle ranch in the South, where her entertainment options included talking to cows and reading books. On the rare occasion that she gained control of the television, she watched Star Trek and imagined living in the future, on distant planets, or at least in a town big enough to have a stoplight. She now lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons, and their golden retriever, Lucy.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00WL6QGGS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyscape (October 20, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 20, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1948 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 546 pages

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RYSA WALKER is the award-winning author of many books, including the bestselling CHRONOS Files. Timebound, the first book in that series, was a Grand Prize winner in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. The Delphi Effect was an Amazon Editors' Pick and a finalist in the 2018 ITW Thriller Awards. Rysa's books have sold nearly a million copies worldwide and have been translated into fourteen languages.

In addition to speculative fiction, Rysa writes mysteries as C. Rysa Walker. She currently resides in North Carolina.

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Cale Madewell

Race towards a very satisfying conclusion!

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2015

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I have loved this series since I picked up the first and Rysa Walker's debut novel "Timebound" when it kicked off the Kindle First program in December of 2013. At the time I wasn't a huge fan of Science Fiction or Time Travel but I quickly fell under the spell, raced through the pages and had to know what came next. "Time's Edge" was the answer and the second installment, I found, was even more satisfying than the first.

So how does "Time's Divide", the third and final entry in this trilogy stack up? Right at the top. First off let me talk about the character development, which is insanely good. Every single character is well thought out, real, and complex but Kate, once again steals the show. She's so dynamic and courageous that you can't help but cheer her on every step of the way. I also love how Walker doesn't fall into the trap of making her question every single step she takes and if she really wants to. It would be so easy to go that route, have Kate mad at the world and the cards that have been dealt her because certainly she doesn't deserve this. She doesn't. She acts and reacts. I thought every decision she made was honestly the best.

This being the final part of trilogy dealing with time travel, the story line has become really complex. You shouldn't worry about that because Rysa Walker handles all this with style. It's not hard to follow or understand.

In closing read this book, especially if you read and enjoyed the first two. You won't be disappointed. There's tons of action, the book moves like a bullet train, and the suspense is spread generously throughout. I loved every second.

Also if you loved this series but hated to see it go, not to worry! The CHRONOS FILES is part of the Kindle Worlds program! Several really great ones there as well as more to come I'm sure. It's a big world Mrs. Walker has created!

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H. Geschichtemann

The trilogy is -- in the end -- a keeper.

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2017

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The trilogy of which this is the final book is well written and can be riveting. If you read all three straight through, as I did, you may experience mental fatigue and the occasional credibility suspension. The author obviously loves twisting and turning through the possibilities and potential pitfalls of time travel. I am just not sure that there is a human being alive who can credibly account for all the possible variations. Nonetheless, the characters are clear and well-drawn, the plot moves along steadily, and I enjoyed the trip. (It must have been good, because the story keeps intruding itself into my mind when I am doing other things, including reading seven or eight more books on subjects from fiction to the ever-gruesome history of the Twentieth Century. (Robert Conquest's "Ravaged Century").

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I just love this series - I think it was recommended to ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2015

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I just love this series - I think it was recommended to me by Amazon or something but I am SO glad I stumbled upon it. This is definitely a Young Adult type series but as an 'actual adult' I can totally get on board. There is none of the painful stuttering of the Twilight series here - just a strong female character thrust into a world she masters in spite of the odds against her. I love how the love triangle is separated by time and is not, in fact, the main emphasis at all. This is a book about family and about finding yourself wherever you are (or more accurately whenever and wherever you are).

I pre-ordered this book in July but I just see it is also available on Kindle Unlimited which is very very cool. Definitely read the first 2 and order this one - the shorter novellas are also pretty great and give you a new perspective on the text. I loved the opportunity to see things through Kiernan and Prudence's eyes.

It's fun, it's fast and it's a great read. Give the whole series a go!

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maj

be sure book 2 is fresh in your memory before starting this one

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2015

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or you'll be lost by the first 10%...

I read book 2 over a year ago and was a little overwhelmed then by the amount of new characters and twists, plus the (excessive) amount of jumps in time that made me dizzy. Although I wasn't thrilled about it, I guessed it was a build-up to the events in this book, and I was right.

So, this is, of course, the end of Kate et al's adventures and time traveling. It's intense and the jumping forward and backward in time is incessant. However, I can't see how it could've ended differently without it being a huge disapointment, so I'm fine with it, even if a door is left open at the end, probably for a related sequel.

I can't deny that I enjoyed this trilogy, even though I'm probably not the intended target audience. Kudos to the author: for a first attempt, she managed to write a good, entertaining, intricate story while shaping her characters well enough to get a sense of what makes them tick. However, I find that she started on a very high note (book 1) but everything became a little too complicated than it should have been as the story progressed, thus steering it downhill insted of maintaining its pace.

So anyway, three stars for giving it an ending that was consistent and for keeping it interesting enough to read them all.

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it is too good to give one star

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2016

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I want to give this one star as a representation of how bitter I am that this is the last book! But, it is too good to give one star! In fact it's AWESOME!!! I read the first book in the series on kindle unlimited, because I thought the cover was cool looking. I never expected that I would spend the next 4 years chasing Kate through space and time! I highly recommend this series, it's fun and interesting. I have to say I was surprised by how accurate the historical parts are. There are some very interesting historical ties ins, the longer I carry the Rand family story with me the more I notice little places where they pop up. Coincidence? I think not! Is it Rysa and her clever mingling of; fact, fiction, future and past? Or is there more truth to the stories then any of us realize? Something to ponder.
Anyways, anyone who is looking on an interesting twist to historical fiction would likely enjoy these books as much as I did. Mostly, I just love the characters! I am so sad to see them go and I hope they pop up in the anxiously awaited "Delphi Effect."

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GC

totalmente adictivo

Reviewed in Spain on September 3, 2017

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Me lei todos los libros sin parar uno tras otro, quiza no tiene muchisimo trasfondo filosofico, pero todas las ideas futuristas y la configuracion de la historia junto la evolucion de los personajes hace que te identifiques con ellos y te sumerjas en el libro yno quieras salir.

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Greenmomma6

Good books

Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2017

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Loved the entire series, stayed up far too late reading these.

Wortmagie

Ein wilder Ritt quer durch die Zeit

Reviewed in Germany on March 6, 2016

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Mit dem Abschluss ihrer Trilogie „The CHRONOS Files“ hat die Autorin Rysa Walker etwas sehr Großzügiges getan: sie hat ihr Universum verschenkt. Sie schenkt es allen Autor_innen, die gern ihre eigene Geschichte darin erzählen möchten. Das bedeutet, sie stellt es anderen Schriftsteller_innen frei, auf der Grundlage ihrer Trilogie die „CHRONOS Files“ weiterzuführen. Ich kannte das Prinzip bereits von den „Metro“ – Romanen von Dmitry Glukhovsky, der seine Kolleg_innen ebenfalls dazu ermunterte, sich bei seiner Fantasie zu bedienen. Ich finde, das hat etwas von offiziell genehmigter Fanfiction und ist ziemlich selbstlos. Es gehört einiges dazu, das eigene Universum, die eigene Fantasie zu teilen. Hut ab für Rysa Walker, dass sie zulässt, dass die „CHRONOS Files“ auch nach ihrem Finale „Time’s Divide“ weiterleben.

Die Last auf ihren Schultern droht Kate zu erdrücken. Sie trägt die Verantwortung für tausende Menschenleben, denn sie allein besitzt die Fähigkeit, ihren Großvater Saul an der Spitze der Cyrists aufzuhalten und die Auslese zu verhindern. Die Zeit verrinnt ihr zwischen den Fingern. Sie braucht Hilfe, weiß allerdings nicht, ob sie der Widerstandsgruppe Fifth Column trauen kann und wird auch ihre Vorbehalte gegenüber Kiernan nicht los. Als sich die Dinge zuspitzen und ihre Optionen schrumpfen, bleibt ihr keine andere Wahl, als einen gefährlichen Plan zu wagen. Sie muss in die Zukunft springen, dorthin, wo alles begann: in das statische Rauschen des CHRONOS-Hauptquartiers. Selbst wenn es unter Umständen bedeutet, ihre eigene Existenz auszulöschen.

Puh. Was für ein wilder Ritt quer durch die Zeit. Wenn ich versuche, all die Zeitlinien und Ereignisse aufzudröseln und in eine chronologische Abfolge zu bringen, bekomme ich Kopfschmerzen. Es ist erstaunlich, dass Rysa Walker den Überblick behielt und so viele Fäden zu einem komplexen Muster verweben konnte, ohne sich zu verknoten. Ich habe den allergrößten Respekt davor, muss allerdings gestehen, dass mir die Handlung von „Time’s Divide“ etwas faserig, fisselig und zerfleddert erschien. Ich glaube, das Buch ist komplizierter, als es hätte sein müssen. Das Finale kulminiert alle begonnenen Handlungsstränge der beiden Vorgänger und konfrontiert die Leser_innen mit einer Vielzahl von Zeitsprüngen und Figuren, wodurch es nicht so zielgerichtet und gradlinig geraten ist, wie ich es mir gewünscht hätte. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass Walker selbst ganz schön zu kämpfen hatte, statt mich an die Hand zu nehmen und sicher durch die Geschichte zu führen. Ich war oft verwirrt – doch zumindest stand ich mit meiner Verwirrung nicht allein da, denn der Protagonistin Kate schwirrt ebenfalls häufig der Kopf. Es hat mir geholfen, dass sie genau das empfindet, was ich als Leserin auch empfand, weil ich mir so nicht wie eine komplette Idiotin vorkam. Rysa Walker vermittelte mir, dass ihre Geschichte eine mentale Herausforderung darstellt und es überhaupt nicht tragisch ist, wenn sich beim Lesen das eine oder andere Fragezeichen aufdrängt. An Kates Seite habe ich mich ein weiteres Mal sehr wohl gefühlt; sie ist echt und realistisch, macht Fehler und hat Zweifel. Ihr Charakter wirkt glaubhaft, da dieser nicht konstruiert erscheint. Es hat mich sehr gefreut, dass Walker das Liebesdreieck auflöst, schließlich war die Situation mit Kiernan und Trey wirklich belastend für Kate. Ich fand es toll, dass letztendlich alle glücklich werden, obschon eine Auflösung in dieser Form wohl nur in einem Zeitreiseroman möglich ist. Ich hatte übrigens Recht: Kiernan verbirgt tatsächlich ein Geheimnis. Es hat mich jedoch ein bisschen enttäuscht, dass ich es in „Time’s Divide“ mit einer anderen, älteren Version Kiernans zu tun bekam. Ich verstehe natürlich, warum Walker sich dafür entschied, ihn reifer und erwachsener zu charakterisieren, aber ich mochte den jüngeren, charmanten, liebestollen Kiernan einfach lieber.
Eine Figur, die meiner Meinung nach viel zu kurz kommt, ist Kates Großvater Saul. Seine Rolle ist minimal, sodass er unbedeutend wirkt, obwohl er eigentlich der ultimative Schurke sein sollte. Ich habe vergeblich auf eine Konfrontation mit Kate oder Katherine gewartet. Den Part, der ihm zugestanden hätte, lässt Walker in „Time’s Divide“ Kates Tante Prudence und den brutalen Simon übernehmen, was mir inkonsequent erschien. In der gesamten Trilogie taucht Saul nur ein einziges Mal persönlich auf; er bleibt das gesichtslose Böse der Geschichte und hat meinem Empfinden nach keinen Einfluss auf ihren Ausgang.

Für mich war „Time’s Divide“ der schwächste Band der Trilogie. Zeitlinien in der Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft waren vielleicht etwas viel des Guten. Zwar ist es Rysa Walker gelungen, ihr komplexes Handlungskonstrukt zu einem Abschluss zu bringen, doch mir fehlte dabei der berühmte rote Faden. Das Finale wirkte instabil und konfus, trotz meiner Sympathie für die Protagonistin Kate und meinem generellen Wohlwollen der Geschichte gegenüber. Ich mag das Buch und ich freue mich, dass Kate nach all der Aufregung nun eine Chance auf ein normales Leben und Glück erhält, aber die Vorgänger gefielen mir definitiv besser, weil sie runder sind.
Ich finde, die Trilogie „The CHRONOS Files“ ist lesenswert, da sie das Thema Zeitreisen auf die Spitze treibt. Obwohl das Finale nicht ganz das hielt, was ich mir davon versprochen hatte, würde ich nicht zögern, euch die drei Bände ans Herz zu legen, wenn ihr Sprünge durch die Zeit mögt. Sie sind spannend, sie sind aufregend, sie sind emotional mitreißend – was macht es da schon, dass das Ende ein wenig verworren ist? Die spürbare Liebe, die Rysa Walker in ihre Geschichte gesteckt hat, entschädigt dafür alle Mal.

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Nemesis.....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2015

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Chronos 3.0, a masterful end to a brilliant series. The struggle between darkness and light in this series has been like a border war, much watching of the enemy, scouting, raids and forays, occasional exchanges of artillery fire, some resultant alterations in the surroundings, some blood on the floor, ours, theirs, much innocent. The Cyrists held most of the cards, like the Axis in 1941, and played them as badly and for the same reasons, too much internecine strife, seeking sole empire. Some reviewers were disappointed there was no final denouement between ourKate and Saul in his temporal bunker, but life rarely follows art, and a grubby death is much more likely than falling in honourable single combat when the reaper calls. That which was lost, was found, fought again, and lived happily ever after in the past, but deserved a bit more of a cuddle from the unbanded than was given, however. The rebranded aunt came over from the dark side, though her past self provided the vital stable point co-ordinates, unknowing, from which the skein was untangled. The fifth column were watched and winnowed by the enemy, but proved just enough in number and resolution to aid avert the Culling and hammer the final stake into the heart of evil. Difficult compromises were made at the end, some points were switched back but there was no final return of the train of fate to its original track. Not all our band of heroes survived, and K still has Fred pecking remorselessly, unless I missed something [only had time to read this twice so far...].
Rysa writes with humour and perfect characterisation. With a tight band of actors from her imagination she has created a truly memorable universe. Thank God for small town childhoods.....

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Jennifer Berry

Consistently excellent story telling

Reviewed in Australia on December 2, 2015

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This is a seriously awesome book. The whole series are excellent and this one is no different. There are enough surprises to keep you guessing and the action is fast paced. The only thing I can say against it is that I felt tired as the poor heroine doesn't get enough sleep, even when she catches up. I think in cases where the main characters undergo seriously strenuous situations they need a certain amount of calm in the middle of their storms including good food and rest. J.R.R.Tolkien understood this and I like that in his books. Harrowing but interspersed with times of amazing rest and restoration with good folk. There is a vague glimmer of that but too little too short. However that is not even enough for me to want to knock one star off. But please Rysa, a little more rest and good food for your next bunch of intrepid characters. I don't want to feel I should raid the fridge on their behalf when I am finished. But seriously if you liked the others there is a great chance you love this one.

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