J. C. Bryant
Description
Verity is tired of the D.C. grind. Nothing is wrong per se—everything is fine—but fine really wasn’t the goalpost. Starved for purpose, Verity jumps a
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t an unimaginable opportunity offered by her brilliant roommate from college—pack up your life, move cross-country, and do meaningful work that could one day save the planet alongside your idol and recent immigrant from 1871, Ada Lovelace. Indra Group has invented time travel. The applications and implications are infinite, and Verity will soon understand that when the push of unfettered scientific advancement and the pull of ethical judicious restraint clash, the consequences can reach beyond time and space.
Indra Group is unlike any place Verity has worked before. Filled with smart, motivated people, and untethered by the bonds of funding, bureaucracy, and peer review, Indra exists in shades of gray. At first, Verity thrives in ambiguity— using her experience as a D.C. political wonk to smooth the feathers of government agencies and local power authorities that are increasingly suspicious of Indra’s resource-hungry activities.
But, with no external oversight, the environment is dry kindling waiting for a match. Will Indra Group’s potential fall victim to internal feuds and petty jealousies? What happens when normal workplace drama is magnified by a mosaic of moral questions and the potential to unravel time as we know it? Ultimately, when the money is flowing and the ethos is “can do,” will anyone even bother to ask whether they should?
A smart take on workplace dramedy fiction, The Time Traveler’s Book Club is like an episode of The West Wing with better weather, a plot driven by smart snarky women, and a time machine. The first in a series, The Time Traveler’s Book Club is for people who love a little chew in their escapist fiction.
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