It has a different feeling completely to the first book and I thought it was very cleverly written managing to combine some great action sequences where you fear for everyone and wonder who is going to survive combined with some great character building. There’s such a lot going on in this instalment. At the same time we have Securitate Kuo from the Valta Corporation and all her supporting minions aiding Chronocom in their search for James and more importantly Elise! So, James sets off on a recruitment mission and Elise leads the tribe into hiding on the Mist Isle (previously known as Manhattan). The only option is to try and lure another person to make these salvage runs. The tribe is growing and more mouths to feed means more search and retrieve missions. Elise meanwhile seems to be becoming the ‘mother’ of the tribe, somewhat stealing her away from her efforts to find a world saving cure. Having only just been reunited he’s determined to do everything in his power to find a cure, even if it means making more space jumps (that could potentially kill him) or bringing more people through time (and once again breaking the rules of time travel). James is determined to save his sister from a disease that is slowly taking her life away. James, now an exChronman and fugitive, is in hiding with the Elfreth tribe and at the start of the book he’s hatching a plan. Time Siege continues to take forward the story of James Griffin-Mars and Elise Kim.

In case you didn’t get round to reading Time Salvager my review is here, and, customary warning: if you haven’t read the first instalment this review could very well contain spoilers.

There’s no shortage of action, a lot of character development and a twist at the end of the tale. Time Siege is a great second instalment to the Time Salvager series by Wesley Chu, in fact I would say it’s even better than the first.

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