The first book in the time-travel Incident series. Can be read as a stand-alone.

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Format: Audio

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Publication year: 2013

Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal

Julia Olsen is the assistant to the dean of science at St. Sunniva University. When one of the professors fails to come back from a routine time-travel trip, the science department is in trouble. Campus Security Chief Nate Kirkland investigates and Julia is assigned to help him. At first, everyone assumes that the professor had an accident. But nobody can find the time coordinates where he went. So, Nate starts to suspect that the professor could have been murdered.

Academics and time travel have so far been a winning combination for me and this book didn’t disappoint. Julia is a long-time assistant and knows the university, students, and professors inside out. She’s smart and hard-working but has never aspired to be a professor. She’s also recently separated from her husband and there’s a minor romance in the book.

The first part of the book is set in the academic world which I rather liked but I thoroughly enjoyed the second half which I won’t spoil here. I don’t know if the research is correct, though.

Even though this is the first book in the series, it doesn’t leave plotlines hanging. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will continue with the series.