I’ve been really looking forward to this – a science fiction read by one of my favourite authors featuring a dinosaur on the cover! Yippee! If you’d like a sense of his writing, check out my reviews of Children of Time, Children of Ruin, The Expert System’s Brother, Ironclads, Dogs of War, The Doors of Eden, Firewalkers, The Expert System’s Champion and Bear Head.
BLURB: Welcome to the end of time. It’s a perfect day.
Nobody remembers how the Causality War started. Really, there’s no-one to remember, and nothing for them to remember if there were; that’s sort of the point. We were time warriors, and we broke time. I was the one who ended it. Ended the fighting, tidied up the damage as much as I could.
Then I came here, to the end of it all, and gave myself a mission: to never let it happen again.
REVIEW: One of the wonderful things about Tchaikovsky’s writing is that when I pick up one of his books, I never quite know what to expect. There is only one other author I can think of who is quite so magnificently versatile – Jo Walton – and she isn’t nearly so prolific.
Even so, this one was a complete surprise – especially the magnificently dark humour. I don’t think I’ve ever read a first-person narrator of Tchaikovsky’s with such a persona, I both loved and loathed our hero’s insouciant bounciness as he works unceasingly to keep a very broken world fixed in his own unique fashion… It would be very easy to drop spoilers here that would blunt the reader’s ability to experience this book as the author intended, so I’m going to do my level best NOT to commit that sin. I was mindful that the blurb didn’t let the cat the out of the bag, so neither shall I.
But I will say that all is not what it first appears to be – I was both captivated and horrified by the unfolding events, which also left my brain aching at times. Timey-whimey stuff happens that has major consequences. But I devoured this compelling read in two sessions and surfaced after that ending, mulling over what I’d read. And wondering what I would do in similar circumstances. Highly recommended for science fiction fans who appreciate something a bit different. While I obtained an arc of One Day All This Will Be Yours from the publishers via Netgalley, the opinions I have expressed are unbiased and my own.
8/10
Brainfluff 
I’ve got to read this, in fact I need to read more Tchaikovsky! Lovely review😁
Thank you, Tammy. He is such a versatile and talented author, who always leaves me thinking about his books.
Stories focused on time travel are often problematic: I don’t know why, but most of them prove unsatisfactory. This one, however, I will read as soon as I can, because your review reassured me that what I will find will prove more than intriguing 🙂
Oh, yes… it is certainly intriguing! And I’m saying no more than that:)).
Well, I’m superr curious about this now!
I recommend it! It’s certainly an interesting take on time travel:)).
You had me at dinosaur! You really piqued my curiosity with this one, and it really sounds like a different but very interesting read.
Oh, the dinosaur has a… unique position in this story:)). And yes, it’s different, alright! He is one of the most versatile writers I know!
This definitely sounds promising! Time travel is always such a tricky bugger and can create a wealth of plotholes when used poorly. But I trust Tchaikovsky to know what he’s doing with it. 🙂
He certainly knows what he is doing, alright. Though it is a DIFFERENT take on the whole thing…
I’ve read some positive reviews for this one that leave me kicking myself for not requesting it. Too many books.
Onto the wishlist you go.
Lynn 😀
We all have these tricky decisions to make… Annoyingly, it’s always the misses we remember – instead of celebrating all the wonderful reads we DID request! Or is that just me???