Pilot X gets wrapped up in all kinds of crazy, secretive things going on behind the curtains. We want to know what comes next.īut what comes next isn’t all that simple. When he starts to realize that people from the future are regarding him with more credit than he’s due at a particular time, he gets excited. There is some really serious political/societal upheaval going on throughout this book and poor Pilot X finds himself wrapped up in all of it – like it or not. The Alendans can move freely across both time and space in specially engineered ships and Merritt creates a whole universe where this is seen as normal. The titular character, Pilot X (who later takes on other titles besides just Pilot), is a member of a race that has mastered time. But instead of focusing on just the time travel itself, author Tom Merritt creates a universe where time travel is simply a part of life. It’s a story that would not exist without time travel. Others develop convoluted rules to keep themselves and the story in check. Sometimes time travel is merely a frame through which to tell a story and the creator is perfectly happy just letting it happen without much explanation. While we’re all familiar with the idea of time travel, it can be difficult to wrap your head around it sometimes – especially when it’s integral to a particular story. It’s an equally tricky concept in general.
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