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  • Written by: Peter Clines
  • Narrated by: Ray Porter
  • Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (264 ratings)

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Paradox Bound

Written by: Peter Clines
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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Publisher's Summary

Nothing ever changes in Sanders. The town's still got a video store, for God's sake.

So why doesn't Eli Teague want to leave?

Not that he'd ever admit it, but maybe he's been waiting - waiting for the traveler to come back. The one who's roared into his life twice before, pausing just long enough to drop tantalizing clues before disappearing in a cloud of gunfire and a squeal of tires. The one who's a walking anachronism, with her tricorne hat, flintlock rifle, and steampunked Model A Ford.

The one who's being pursued by...something.

So when the mysterious traveler finally reappears, Eli's determined that this time, he's going to get some answers. But his hunt soon yields far more than he bargained for, plunging him headlong into a dizzying world full of competing factions and figures straight out of legend.

To make sense of the mystery at its heart, he must embark on a breakneck chase across the country and through two centuries of history - with nothing less than America's past, present, and future at stake.

©2017 Peter Clines (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

What the critics say

"A rousing adventure novel that marries steampunk aesthetics to the seminal concept of protecting American liberty." ( Kirkus Reviews)
"A superior time-passer, a wonderfully amusing yarn." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Really let me down.

Ug, when you get to the actual, main premise you realize it's ridiculous. Performance was great, but premise is just silly.

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narrator was great, story was meh

Seemed like a great idea that never really delivered. Ray Porter was great, just like the Bobiverse books, but this story never really delivered. There were a few good moments but overall it was a bit of a bore.

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Sorry... but no

Started the novel without reading too many reviews and wanted to make up my own mind.
Now after having returned the book with over 8 hours to go, I've read some more detailed reviews and I have to agree with most.

Starts super interesting and had me going "ooohhh, where is this story heading??", then slowly but surely the fluff just got too much. I actually found myself pausing the book and perusing for others.
So yeah, any Peter Clines fans... I would suggest skipping this one or waiting till you get a deal on it.

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Great read with non conventional time travel

Great read but as a Canadian I didn't get many of the American references but it did lead me to learn about them. Very interesting!

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Second Listen

I listened to this book a year ago and it kept me thinking about it often since. So, as it was just that good, I gave it another listen.

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not his best but worthy of a read / listen.

i will buying your next book of course. you are inventive and interesting mr clines

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Excellent!

Really enjoyed this book on many levels. Can’t think of any reason someone would not have fun with it. Get it!

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great story and amazing performance

Ray Porter has another great performance and a good tight story with great characters and lots of good ideas. great internal consistency and premise.

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Thoroughly enjoyed this story!

Loved it. Ray porter is one of my favourite narrators so it was easy to want to keep listening. The story was also pretty compelling if you don't take it too seriously.

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Great storyline, amazing performance but…

I really enjoyed listening to the performance. The author did a great job to make the characters relatable and the story interesting. The narration is perfect. The only thing that bothered me at different points of the story was the perception that the author has never left the US or thought about the world outside of the US as significant or interesting. Especially silly looks limiting the phenomena to the US borders at the time and the US citizenship. Discounting this the story is great I had great time listening to it.

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