A Remedy in Time by Jennifer Macaire (#BlogTour + giveaway to win a $25 Amazon gift certificate)

 

"To avoid culture shock and undue influence on the future, anyone sent back was absolutely forbidden to come into contact with Palaeolithic people, so our mission consisted of getting samples, filming the animals, and - most importnatly - avoiding contact with the other humans".

A Remedy in Time by Jennifer Macaire is a science-fiction/time travel novel. It's a fast-paced, edgy and atmospheric read that will absorb you from the very first pages.

The plotline moves from the "present" (3377) to the last Ice Age. A deadly virus is taking over the world. It is a new type of typhus which can infect animals as well as humans. It does not respond to any typhus treatments, and starts to ravage the continent. Scientists call its clinical signs and symptoms disturbing. The death rate is 100%. To better understand the transmission dynamics, the team is going back as far as possible in time to get samples.

Robin Johnson, a researcher for the Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies at the Tempus University time travel lab is one of the chosen for the trip back in time to observe the sabre-toothed tigers who went extinct very quickly, and the Center wants Robin to identify the reason. She has a hypothesis "that the disease came from the last ice age and was now making a comeback, aided by global warming". 

Robin's travel partner Donnell is not happy to have her on the trip because, according to him, she's untrained and untried, and has a history of mental condition. Most of her adolescence Robin spent in a "juvenile facility for the mentally ill". 

When Donnell dies an agonising death as soon as they arrive to the Ice Age, the signal is sent back to the present to bring in a rescue team. Waiting for them to arrive, Robin has to survive in the unknown terrain, surrounded by vicious prehistoric creatures.

Death stalks her at every step. She nearly drowns, and is rescued by the caveman. His name is Yah. 

"Our communication was limited to names, the numbers one and two, and that was it. We couldn't convey emotions, ideas, or the past and the future. We were in the here and now, and only a tenuous bond held us together. I thought he probably stayed with me from a sort of clan instinct".

Not only Yah is Robin's saviour, it appears that he might have a solution to finding a vaccine. His family died from the typhus-77, but he survived, and his blood is full of antibodies. In the hands of unscrupulous pharma companies, his blood would be worth a fortune. Robin is intent to hide Yah before the rescue team arrives. While Robin hopes to find the cure for the deadly virus, the rescue team members have their own agenda. 

"I had one day to find out what Jake (Robin's love interest) knew, two days to think of a plan fpr getting Yah back to his cave and hidden, and one  week to help find the vaccine that would save millions". Quite a resolution to make!

Will Robin be able to stay alive and stop the virus at its source?

This is a story of contrasts, from the fascinating wild life and habitats of the Ice Age and the customs and ways of cavemen, to the sci-fi vision of the future with its spectacular technology as well as the bleak apocalyptic world on the verge of self-destruction.

The new technology, described in the novel in great detail, is exciting. I wish we had the personal medical devices like medbot.

This novel has certain parallels with the current pandemic, and the discussions on the origins of the virus, whether it's a fluke of nature or a man-made product.

A Remedy in Time is a dark, nail-shredding, gripping read. You don't know which characters you can trust. And you will never expect a shocker of a twist at the end. Compulsive reading!

Purchase Links

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Remedy-Time-favourite-timeslip-ALEXANDER-ebook/dp/B08H7X6RL9/

https://www.amazon.com/Remedy-Time-favourite-timeslip-ALEXANDER-ebook/dp/B08H7X6RL9/

https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/jennifer-macaire/a-remedy-in-time/9781786157911/

Author Bio – Jennifer Macaire lives in France with her husband, three children, & various dogs & horses. She loves chocolate, biking, & reading. She grew up in upstate New York, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. She graduated from St. Peter and Paul high school in St. Thomas and moved to NYC where she modeled for five years for Elite. She went to France and met her husband at the polo club. All that is true. But she mostly likes to make up stories.

Social Media Links –

https://twitter.com/jennifermacaire

https://www.facebook.com/TempusU

 

This post is part of the blog tour.

Many thanks to Jennifer Macaire and Rachel's Random Resources for my NetGalley ARC. 

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