Invictus

Review Graudin depicts the futuristic, high-tech world and the fulsome and frenzied historical settings with equal richness . . . A madcap, vivid time-travel tale with a strong ensemble ― Kirkus Invictus gripped my heart. Graudin's achingly beautiful prose and thoughtful exploration of time, history, and identity create a stunning story. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough, and yet I wanted to savour each decadent sentence. Readers be warned, you'll want to stop time to live in this tale ― Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen If the crew from Firefly somehow wound up as teenagers on the TARDIS and had to solve a Fringe-type mystery before time literally disappeared, you'd have something like Invictus ― Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of the Across the Universe series Wild and gorgeous, vivid and consuming. ― Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy on WOLF BY WOLF ...an incredible read and fans of Dr Who or time-travel in general will be hooked. ― Maximum Pop! Graudin weaves an exciting plot where time travel is just the beginning. Her characters are spunky, smart-mouthed, tormented, emotionally yearning and contemporary. It's Firefly meets Assassin's Creed, but Graudin has a way with words that gives the book depth and makes it more than just an enjoyable page-turner. ― BookTrust ...her writing is golden, powerful and completely addictive. -- Emma Gray ― Never Judge a Book By It's Cover If epic adventure, fabulous settings and thoughtful worldbuilding are your things, you're going to love Invictus. ― The Bookbag Invictus was a gripping, fast paced, action packed, funny, heart warming, rollercoaster of a read and I couldn't recommend it more highly. ― Girl Reading Invictus was a highflying knock out for Ryan. Readers will be taken on a time travelling adventure and they definitely will not want it to end. ― Literary-ly Obsessed ...literally crafted to perfection so you'll never want to put it down! If you're a fan of The Heroes of Olympus series, or Six of Crows, basically anything where a group of kids have to come together and save the world/steal some stuff, then you're going to love this book. ― Heart Full of Books It's got twists and turns that had me gaping in amazement, as well as emotional scenes that made my heart hurt. ― Wishes On Eyelashes ...raises questions about how far our lives are fated and how much we shape our own destinies. ― Reading Zone - Teacher Review Invictus is perfect for fans of sci-fi reads and time traveller lovers. ― Be My Anchor Invictus is a tremendously fun novel, which fuses sci-fi and historical fiction with style, empathy and humour. brimming with entertaining characters and an indomitable energy, Invictus delivers mind-bending adventure. ― The School Librarian Product Description From the author of the Carnegie Medal nominated Wolf by Wolf, comes an epic new story - A fast-paced, heart-stopping journey through time that will leave you breathless. Time is running out . . . Farway McCarthy was born outside of time. With nowhere to call home and nothing to anchor him to the present, Far captains a crew on a dangerous mission into the past. When he collides with Eliot - a mysterious, secretive girl, whose very appearance raises questions about time itself - Far immediately distrusts her. But he must take a leap of faith, following Eliot on a race against time, if he is to protect everything he's ever loved from disappearing forever . . . Book Description Dr Who meets Guardians of the Galaxy in this thrilling sci-fi novel with a historical twist from Carnegie Medal nominated author Ryan Graudin. From the Back Cover TIME IS RUNNING OUT... Farway McCarthy is a time traveller. With nowhere to call home and nothing to anchor him to the present, Far captains a crew on a dangerous mission into the past. When he collides with Eliot - a mysterious, secretive girl, whose very appearance raises questi