The Cutting Room: A Time Travel Thriller by Edward W. Robertson

Author:Edward W. Robertson [Robertson, Edward W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Futuristic, High Tech, Post-Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi Thriller, serial novel, science fiction series, Thriller, Time Travel, Sci-Fi, dystopia, The Cutting Room
Amazon: B00DUGYW5A
Barnesnoble: B00DUGYW5A
Publisher: Edward W. Robertson
Published: 2013-07-07T22:00:00+00:00

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Here in the jungle, my mistakes are as obvious as the steam dripping from the ferns and the monsters howling from the wilds. But this clarity comes only with the benefit of time. It's a trick, and the dirtiest one there is. Time isn't to our benefit. It isn't our friend. It only offers its understanding after the fact. When the moment is long lost. When it's far too late to do us any actual good.

At least I got to see some wonders along the way.

Rewind the tape. The jungle hadn't happened yet. Instead, I stood on a hill forested by trees alien to my world, Primetime, and listened to Mara explain the broad strokes of our next step.

"Why the subterfuge?" I said once she was done. "Greene & Associates aren't Primetime. That means we can do whatever we want to them. Considering they're capable of altering our past, we should wipe them out right now."

Mara snorted. "If the idea is to convince Davies to shut down the entire Cutting Room, then yes, that's a wonderful plan."

"We could at least snatch up one of their leaders. Interrogate him."

"That's a less terrible idea. Unless the subject kills himself. Or he doesn't know enough. Afterwards, do we keep him here? Try to wipe his brain and send him back? The more obvious our move, the more likely G&A is to do something we won't like."

I tried to think through the implications and quickly gave up. "Almost makes you think we're better off letting Central take over."

Mara tipped her head to the side. "Almost. Except they're still scrambling to catch up. And my contact says they're planning to dig back further, wipe it out at the source. Good plan. But."

"What if G&A alters Primetime first."

"Or Central misses something. Or messes up, prompting G&A to come for us." She gritted her teeth and gazed through the blue leaves of a tree that stood alone in the small clearing. "Davies pulled us too early. We've never had to worry about another world being able to reach Primetime. This is new to everyone. Am I willing to risk our careers for this? Absolutely. But we're risking them the right way. Smart. Quiet. Simple."

I didn't see what was so simple about snatching up two workers from a secret moon base, replacing them with Vette and myself, and spying on the G&A leadership, but I supposed there was a serpentine sneakiness to it. Maybe it would make more sense once we got underway.

The three of us walked down the hill to a tube stop at the corner of the park. Vette glanced my way now and then, but if she were tempted to talk, to explain why she'd chosen to forget the lifetime we'd just spent together, she kept it to herself. A part of me was glad. This mission was like a hand on a wound, stanching the blood. If that hand were tugged away by talk, it could all come pouring out.

But perhaps I felt intact for other reasons.

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