Lock & Key, by Gordon Bonnet
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What if your future lies in your past? When Darren Ault meets his friend Lee McCaskill for dinner, he doesn't expect the second course to be a gunshot to the head. Even more unexpected is the fact that the bullet doesn't kill him-instead, it causes the rest of humanity to vanish. Darren's attempted murder has caused a temporal paradox extending back over a thousand years, and now it's up to him to repair the damage. Embarking on a mind-bending journey through time, Darren encounters Vikings, a depressed Norwegian silversmith, an insane highwayman, a cult that believes in salvation through pain, a beautiful Hebridean lass, and Archibald Fischer-the foul-mouthed, Kurt Cobain-worshiping Head Librarian of the Library of Timelines, where all of the possibilities that could ever happen are catalogued, tracked, and managed.
Lock & Key, by Gordon Bonnet- Amazon Sales Rank: #2342673 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.01" h x .91" w x 4.37" l, .75 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 452 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Masterfully Done and So Entertaining By writester I recently took the time to read Lock & Key by Gordon Bonnet. While I don’t typically write science fiction (I’ve written a short story or two, but not a novel—well, not yet, anyway), I do enjoy reading it. I’m often leery about an unknown author in this genre, because if the storyworld isn’t properly developed, if the details of the fiction aren’t well-thought out, then the story won’t seem real and it’s a disappointing read.Well, I don’t know if you’ve heard of Gordon Bonnet or not, but if you haven’t, pay attention.Last year, I read a book of his called Kill Switch, and from the first page I knew I’d want to read all of his work. So when Lock & Key came out, I immediately added it to my to-be-read list.It didn’t disappoint. In fact, it thoroughly impressed me.Lock & Key takes place in the present. Sort of. Well, that’s where it starts. Protagonist Darren Ault is an unassuming bookstore owner who, after an ordinary day, meets his best friend, Lee McCaskill (a brilliant scientist) for an ordinary dinner. Then the extraordinary happens.Lee shoots Darren in the head.End of story, right? Wrong.Darren doesn’t die. Instead, he’s whisked to the Library of Timelines, where the Head Librarian and his administrative assistant are more than a little upset that things have transpired the way they have.Not only did Darren survive the shooting, the rest of the world has vanished.The Head Librarian researches the problem and discovers there were three places in the past where timelines diverged, possible places where Darren can make things right and reset the balance of humanity.With seemingly no other choice, Darren begins a journey through time and history to right the wrongs of temporal disorder and bring humanity back into existence.So, like I mentioned earlier, if the intricate details of the science fiction world aren’t thoroughly considered, the story can fall apart. But Bonnet did a wonderful job of thinking through all the possible problems and pitfalls (and we all know time travel presents a lot of them) and providing the reader with a story that not only logically flows, it thrills.Each era and locale visited evokes images of what those times were really like. Readers smell the odoriferous scents, hear the sounds of nature, taste the bland local cuisine. We’re transported there right along with Darren. And when he’s back at the Library, we’re treated to witty banter and technological wonders. All this while seamlessly advancing a wonderful plot that keeps the reader rapidly turning pages.I read the whole novel in one sitting.Here's an example of the confusing situation Darren finds himself in:"Man, this stuff makes my head hurt.""You should complain," Fischer said, a little bitterly. "You only have to keep track of yourself. I have to keep track of everybody who ever existed, and also all the ones who don't. You want my job?""No. But still... I mean, that doesn't make sense.""What doesn't?""If my grandma never existed, how can I be here?"I thoroughly recommend Lock & Key by Gordon Bonnet. The characters are three-dimensional, the plot is well-developed, and the settings are rich and tangible. If you love sci-fi, you don’t want to miss this novel. And if you’re new to the genre, this is a great one to start with.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Gordon Bonnet’s Lock and Key is what is known in writer-reader parlance as “a terrific page turner By clyboehs@MindAtPlay On surface, Gordon Bonnet’s Lock and Key is what is known in writer-reader parlance as “a terrific page turner.” It has that compelling plot that makes you want to know what’s happening next. It has characters with whom you immediately identify and either want to protect or kill. It has unique twists and turns which makes it more than the usual speculative fiction. But Bonnet’s story is so much more because it has deeply intriguing questions underneath characterization and plot that stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page. In this, it’s a philosophical whodunit. What is even meant by one’s past? And if there is even a truthfully remembered past, if we could go there and see it, would we recognize it as the one we believe we know and understand? And if it could be restored and changed, what are the consequences in doing so? And what if one’s life depends on that retrieval and change, what criteria does one use to decide what to do? The questions go on and on. It’s a life-and-death world that Bonnet presents to us. On one level, it’s like the one we know, know through observed experience and even historical documents, but he gives us another level, the one where we enter without any knowledge, skills or tools to deal with it and asks the question, what then? I enjoy Bonnet’s books because they always leave me with more to think about than before I read them. Lock and Key will not disappoint. It’s greatly entertaining, an intelligent, multi-layered read. I've read it twice, own it so I'll read it again...and again...and again.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A new take on time travel By Aro A really smart and interesting take on something that seems like it's been written about a lot - time travel - and yet feels very fresh and new. The story itself kept me guessing because the way it's set up you know there's an element you're not seeing, but can't quite place what it might be. Very imaginative and engrossing but at the same time I was left wanting a little bit more.Hopping around in time means you meet new characters but also that you have to recreate a new, convincing world repeatedly. I'd say that most but not all of these iterations succeeded. Once again Mr. Bonnet creates something you haven't read before, a new world with different rules and laws of physics etc., but the tone of the writing didn't quite come off as serious as the subject matter.Conception: A+, Execution: B
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