Sidewise Award Winner Locus Award Finalist DragonCon, Hugo, and Goodreads Award Nominee Annalee Newitz's Alternate Timeline is a tale of time travel, murder, and what we are ready to go to protect those we love. Did seventeen-year-old Beth know that a routine confrontation at a Black Obrazina concert would lead her to a car with the corpse of her friend's rapist in the back seat? Will agreeing to help her friends dispose of the body open the door to more violence for her? So Beth realizes that there are still many girls in this world who need protection. Thirty years later, Tess is a professional time traveler, visiting important moments in history and influencing key events in order to create more secure future. But she is being hunted by a dangerous group of travelers who want to stop Tess's activities at any cost. Tess and Beth's lives become intertwined when a war breaks out on the timeline, which threatens to destroy the very possibility of time travel, leaving only a small group of chosen ones who will be able to influence the past, present and the future. Can the actions of one person influence the events of the past, when confronted by the hidden forces of history? “There is a revolution in science fiction, and Annalee Newitz is leading the vanguard.” – Wil Wheaton (“Star Trek,” “The Big Bang Theory”) “Newitz always gets to the heart of complex concepts and dissects them with poetic fury.” ― N.K. Jemisin “Few stories are so smart, so finely thought out, so exciting and as exciting as this: a gripping and impressive book." – Karen Joy Fowler “Annaleigh Newitz interweaves time travel, multiple alternate realities, and politics in a fast-paced, complex, and gripping novel. It's a fast-paced tale of pent-up rage that, despite its horror, is not without hope." ― The Guardian “It’s like Newitz has written a sci-fi spin-off of The Handmaid’s Tale.” She weaves together time and characters flawlessly to create a sci-fi, gripping story integrated with a history lesson. When you close the book, you ask questions about your own life and your role in changing the future.” ― Amy Acker “A magnificent story of hope in the face of injustice, a hymn to the eternal resistance to the forces that lead us to our worst.” future." ― Ken Liu “The book brilliantly does what only science fiction can do: flesh out a metaphor to make a truth. In this case, the idea of women being progressively erased from history by men becomes a tangible reality, and the secret history becomes a fascinating secret war.” ― Nicola Griffith “The mind-blowing, punky, time-travel sci-fi thriller you've been waiting for and our culture desperately needs. Packed with action, sass, righteousness, technology and danger, this is a perfect book." ― Michelle Tee “A layered tale of history editing, human rights, and the ripple effect. Smart and deep on every level." ― Publishers Weekly “Where a book really shines is it's in its gripping plot and thoughtful characters... An ambitious adventure that never ceases to amaze.” ― Kirkus “The author highlights the truth of our past and the possibilities of our future. The fantastical elements don't mask the real horrors women may face, but reason and hope are woven into every word." ― Library Journal