In 1989, fresh from a traumatizing divorce, Tom Winter moves back to his hometown, buying a house on the outskirts of the woods. He notices the house is in remarkably good condition, considering it's supposedly been empty for the last 10 years, but then he discovers stranger things - robotic bugs performing maintenance and a time-traveling tunnel that leads to the New York City of 1962, hidden in the basement. Escaping the present and shacking up with a nice 60's beatnik girl seems like a good idea at the time...
But the tunnel was jammed open by a Terminator-like AWOL soldier from the 22nd century and the 60's may not be the safe haven they seem to be. Toms ex-, a ghost-chasing real estate agent, and the original custodian of the time-tunnel may all have to try to get Tom back before it's too late
A definitely mainstream-thriller feel to this book, but quite entertaining. Not one of my favorite books, but not bad either.

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I really liked this book. Wilson knows how to make you like the good and the bad guys in it. The characters are all well developed. It has time travel,mystery and drama all rolled into one. Read it and you will like it too.

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Wilson is always entertaining and while this is not his best work, it is still quite good.

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Robert Charles Wilson is now one of my top favorite authors. I read The Harvest before this one and really liked it. This book was even better. Some people have complained about not liking the ending. I don't think it could have been any better. The characters are engaging and relatable. Other complaints have been made about the way he skips between times and the viewpoints. I had no problem with this other than there was one point where I wished he had not switched to a different viewpoint because I wanted to know more about the line he was switching from right then.

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