The Timematician: A Gen M Novel: Book 2

by Steven Bereznai

Overview

"A supervillain perfects his scheme to destroy the world—but meets surprising opposition." —Kirkus Reviews

“Wildly entertaining.”—Kirkus Reviews

“For any reader with a sense of humor and an appreciation for the glories of bone-deep geekiness, The Timematician is your book…the transparency of Doctor BT’s bravado is LOL funny and exquisitely painful; we are dying to know the backstory of a protagonist who demands the pronunciation of his laboratory be 'la’bore-ah:tore-ee' because 'What are we, Neanderthals? Respect the middle O!'”—IndieReader Reviews (5/5 rating)

A prequel/sequel to the award-winning bestseller, Generation Manifestation. Read The Timematician first, second, or all on its own. With his unique time abilities, Doctor BetterThan has all the power he needs to thrash pesky superheroes intent on thwarting him—and make them pay for decades of disrespect. “Triumphi!” Destroying the world solves everything. Until she comes along. On the cusp of total victory, fellow tech maniac Mairi Lin Monroe plays her surprising hand, and sparks fly as she and her cybernetic lady-matons threaten to transcend Doctor BetterThan’s grand plan. Can he achieve new depths of deceit to defeat her and be the last person standing? Can he become The Timematician? Or has he finally met his match?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781989055069
Publisher:	Jambor
Publication date:	08/02/2022
Series:	Gen M
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	860L (what's this?)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Steven Bereznai is the award-winning, bestselling author of Generation Manifestation (A Gen M Novel: Book 1), The Timematician (A Gen M Novel: Book 2), Queeroes, Queeroes 2, How a Loser Like Me Survived the Zombie Apocalypse, Gay and Single … Forever?, and The Adventures of Philippe picture-book series. “I came out in my late teens and feeling like an outsider has deeply impacted my sensibility. I love writing that combines sass, heart, speculative fiction, and (where appropriate) abs. Basically, shows like Buffy, Teen Wolf and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.” Steven is Toronto-based.

Editorial Reviews

"For any reader with a sense of humor and an appreciation for the glories of bone-deep geekiness, The Timematician is your book. From the first few paragraphs, the transparency of Doctor BT’s bravado is both laugh-out-loud funny and exquisitely painful; we are dying to know the backstory of a protagonist who demands the pronunciation of his laboratory be 'la’bore-ah:tore-ee' because 'What are we, Neanderthals? Respect the middle O!'” —IndieReaderReviews (5/5 rating)

 

"The science fiction novel The Timematician includes considerable mayhem before making poignant points about companionship, love, and the need for connections." —Foreword Reviews (4/5 rating)

 

“Bereznai builds a rich world that’s as zany as a funhouse and as fantastical as Star Wars.” —Quill and Quire

 

“The Timematician packs a powerful bionic punch as Steven Bereznai launches readers into a masterfully created dystopian world of death beams, jet packs, knuckle blasters, and designer fembots.” —Pax Magazine
 

“This tale of an underdog-turned-supervillain sucks you in and won't let you put it down until the very last page!” —@MyBookFeatures

"Bereznai makes every story element an over-the-top, operatic, and highly detailed extravaganza." —Kirkus

"Wildly entertaining, The Timematician lives up to its title; time, mathematics, and magic, with a healthy dose of hilarity and a vulnerable soul." —IndieReader Reviews

From the Publisher

2021-12-15
In this SF sequel, a supervillain perfects his scheme to destroy the world—but meets surprising opposition.

As described in Generation Manifestation(2021), a future society consists of worker-bee DNA regulars and Supergenics. Regular teens who successfully face Testing for superpower potential are called Generation Manifestation, or Gen M. One such teen was the socially awkward misfit narrator, now a resentful adult calling himself Doctor BetterThan. He’s amassed a huge collection of sophisticated weaponry in his elaborate ocean lair. His first goal is to display his utter supremacy (“Forget Gen M. I’m Gen Me”) and his second is to destroy all life on Earth. Thanks to his ability to rewind and restart time, he’s now able to annihilate a phalanx of superheroes, finally deploying his death ray. “I’m the only living being on the planet. I win,” he crows. At first, post-apocalyptic life is everything he’d hoped for: eating unlimited Twinkies and writing his memoir. But a spoiler arrives in the formidable form of Mairī Lin Monroe, a pink, breathy-voiced robot who, with a cybernetic army, vies for planetary domination. Though an enemy, she’s intriguing, and while the Doctor could just rewind time again—what would he lose by winning again? In his second Gen M novel, Bereznai makes every story element an over-the-top, operatic, and highly detailed extravaganza, from superhero-movie action scenes to a sequence that shows the Doctor gloating over his control board: “A dizzying array of toggles, switches, and dials that tease me with silent siren calls, begging me to flick and press them.” The author makes the most of the Doctor’s insufferable enjoyment of winning before complications rightfully ensue. The story also provides intriguing psychological reflections (why does the Doctor’s helper robot so resemble his overbearing mother?) and unexpected romance.

Wildly entertaining, with a thoughtful layer under all the villainous boasting and ka-pow action.

Kirkus Reviews