Time to Review Time Addicts: No One is Safe
What, exactly, do I mean by ‘no one is safe’?
The trilogy of terms came to me after I had been writing this, the first book, for a few weeks. But then it snapped it all into sharp focus.
So, the premise was, to me, irresistible. What would happen if you could travel in time via the application of drugs? And with the idea of drugs came the idea of addicts.
So, what if people were addicted to time travel?
Background
Josie James is an ordinary cop in the Boston Meg, about 500 years from the present time. But then she gets a semi-mysterious invitation to a large, group job interview. She’s not dissatisfied, but she is intrigued, as the invitation comes from the OIA—the Orb Intelligence Agency.
The OIA is the successor agency to the CIA. The money is off-the-charts excellent. And it looks interesting. But there are a few… irregularities.
Plot
A group is brought together to handle a problem with temporal addiction and the illegal manufacture of time travel drugs. But all is not as it seems, for the illegal acts are organized and may even have an overall purpose.
Characters in Time Addicts: No One is Safe
The characters are Josie James, Dalton Farouk, Keisha Darnell, Bobby Brodie, Tad Lewis, Cyndi Mendez, Dr. Carmen D’Angelo, and Tommy 2000. Plus there’s also Josie’s family, who flit in and out of the storyline.
Plus, we see Kevin O’Connor and his spouse, Addie.
Memorable Quotes from Time Addicts: No One is Safe {Chapter 13; Dalton and Josie are talking; he speaks first}
“Even though. So, tell me, outlaw Josie James, you said plural brothers and sisters. Just how many are we talking about? And more importantly, how many of them can beat me up?”
“You’ll laugh.”
“No, I won’t.” He crossed his heart. “Nonexistent scout’s honor.”
“Okay, you asked for it. I am the youngest of ten.”
He nearly spit his drink. “Holy crap. You already had your own squad the day you were born.”
“Pretty much. As for the beating up part, I’m thinking the only ones who might, maybe, be able to do that are Deb and Em. And they’re twins, so you’d get tag teamed.”
“I see. Why them?”
“They got bit by the farming bug but so did Aaron. But he’s a few years from sixty so I’m thinking his beating up days are over unless it’s a viewer remote when the Pintos lose.”
“Big baseball fan then. So, wait, he’s twentysomething years older than you?”
“Yep. And before you ask, he’s not the outlier; I am. He’s twenty-three years older than me and is the oldest. Going on down to Ian, the ninth in our merry little band, who’s nine years older than me. Aaron’s first born is older than I am by a few months.”
“Whoa. See, me, I’m the eldest. It’s just me and Maryam. She raises schnauzers and shows them. I think our mom’s getting tired of showing, so she and Dad are grooming Maryam to pass the torch and stuff. I’m the Black Sheep of the family, the only one on the force. Or rather I was. What do your folks do?”
She pinched the bridge of her nose and took a swig of coffee before answering. “They died when I was eleven. Skimmer accident over Nereid.”
No One is Safe (from a) Rating
The story has a K+ rating.
Upshot
I loved kicking off this series although I can see places to cut this one. When I ended NaNoWriMo, it was just under 97k words long, and it is should probably go down to the upper 80s or so.
Which timeline is right, when no one is safe? #amwriting
Want More About The Time Addicts Trilogy?
If this article resonates with you, then check out my other articles about this sub-trilogy that’s all about time travel and how it can go more than a little bit, shall we say, ca ca.
Time Addicts Characters:
- Josie James
- Bobby/Jerry Brodie
- Keisha Darnell
- Dalton Farouk
- Tad Lewis
- Cynthia Mendez
- Dr. Carmen D’Angelo
- Chief Engineer Kevin O’Connor
- Chief Analyst Addie O’Connor
- Flossie
- Tommy 2000
Josie’s Family:
- Aaron James
- Avalon (Loni) James
- Bryan James-Rosen
- Harvey James-Rosen
- Chasten James-Rosen
- Ellen James-Rosen
- Matthew James-Rosen
- Connie James
- Deborah James Vinson
- Tyrell Vinson
- Nichelle Vinson
- Troy Vinson
- Emily James
- Frances James Walsh
- Gina Walsh
- Gregory James
- Mercedes Perez James
- Hailey James Shapiro
- Dov Shapiro
- Dinah Shapiro
- Saddik Shapiro
- Ian James