“The Always Train” by J.D. Penndagger

Rainbow “Bo” Moore has been in a terrible accident. But she and the boy of her dreams believe they can change the trajectory and prevent the tragedy from ever occurring by climbing aboard a time-traveling train.

A train wreck on the way to a soccer championship in Portland has life-altering consequences. Bo survives with a concussion, while other students, as well as Ty, the boy she vibed with on the train, have their lives cut short. Ty and Bo no longer exist in one another’s universes, but what if the train never crashed at all? If Bo and Ty go back in time, maybe they can rewrite the future.

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“A Debt Reforged” by Bryan James Beck

In his dedication to this fifth book of the Ancestral Debt Anthology, A Debt Reforged, Bryan James Beck says, “No matter your inheritance, What you do from here… It’s always a choice.”  That’s the lesson presented to the main character of the novel, Marie-Yvonne Rousseau.  The book follows her struggle with the Debt of Time, showing how she approaches and resolves it, and how others who’ve also inherited the debt perceive it.  In contrast, her adversaries exemplify those who never learn the lessons that are shown to them.

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“Across Time and Starlight” by Alessandro Candotti

Across Time and Starlight by Alessandro Candotti is as complex and detail-oriented as the concept of time travel itself.  Yet it’s as simple as boy meets girl.  Andreas meets the literal girl of his dreams and spends the rest of his life finding a way for them to inhabit the same space and time without destroying the world.

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