AustLit

'If you could travel back in time, what could you do? How could you use it to win the war or stop it before it even started? Are there rules which have to be followed? If so, what are they? What happens if you break them? Blaise Hall is a government facility hidden in plain sight outside Liverpool, England in a little village called Hightown. At the outbreak of World War II, two scientists are brought there to build a time machine, a Barlow Bridge time machine. This is not an average time travel book. There is no handsome hero. There is a pretty mathematician, a Jewish assassin and B.B. Jones, our anti-hero. But it is war; how far would you go if you were pushed to breaking point?' (Publication Summary)

'Blaise Hall is in a state of shock. It has been a harrowing time for them after Clara's suicide. Someone has to search through Clara's notes and diaries and B.B. Jones is the only one who can do it. In them he finds she hypothesised on a method of traversing distance as well as time. Could it work? Within those pages, Jones also discovers a Norwegian scientist working on Barlow Bridge Generators. Now they are in a hazardous race to extract him from Nazi-held Norway before he falls into German hands. But for once, time is on their side. In 1936 a unionist called John Milner was murdered. Who did it? Could it have been sanctioned and carried out by the Blackshirts, the British fascist party? They must go back and find out. It is dangerous, there is considerable unrest in England. This is the time of riots and street battles. With a new member joining the team Blaise Hall is unsettled. Everybody is suspicious of this Jeremy Quimp who was foisted on them from 'on high'. He is unctuous. They believe he has an ulterior motive and something to hide. Is it treason? Murder? They will find out and, if necessary, extract their own 'retribution'.' (Publication Summary)