Pilot X
by Tom Merritt
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Pub Date Mar 14 2017 | Archive Date Mar 14 2017
Description
What if a time traveler lived in a world where disrupting the timeline could destroy everything in the universe — everything but himself?
Pilot X is Ambassador of the Alendans, a race with the ability to move through space and time as guardians of the timeline. Locked in ongoing conflict with the Sensaurians, an organic hive mind that can send messages in thought throughout its own history, and the Progons, a machine race who can communicate backwards in time, Pilot X finally manages to create peace among the three races.
But when Pilot X discovers that a secret dimensional war fought in hidden parts of spacetime threatens the fabric of the universe itself, he faces unseen enemies and a deeper conspiracy, bringing him to the ultimate choice: erase the existence of all three races, including his own people, or to let the universe be destroyed.
Advance Praise
"The kind of high-concept science fiction that you just don't see anymore. Merritt brings it all back with a tale that fires the imagination and makes you look at the future in new ways.” —J-F. Dubeau, author of The Life Engineered and A God in the Shed
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781942645313 |
| PRICE | $13.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 200 |
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Lilyn G, Reviewer
If you liked Dr. Who, then you’ll like Pilot X. X is a time traveler with a unique ship. He just wants to fly his ship and explore things. Suddenly, in a sort of ‘thrust to greatness’ move, he finds himself in a time war. X is an affable fellow with great empathy who really only wants to do the right thing. He adores his ship, likes helping fix people’s problems, and is very intelligent with a bit of a mouth on him. As I said, if you like Dr. Who, you’ll like X too.
An engaging read, Pilot X pulls you easily into the story. Though it couldn’t be called a thriller by any stretch of the imagination, the plot keeps you on the edge of your seat. Wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey and all that. X is a fellow that you root for almost instinctively, and his ship, Verity, is an almost perfect illustration of believable AI. There are hints of personality here and there as the story goes on, but you never think of her as an individual character. She’s an awesome ship, but just a ship nonetheless.
This is mystery and drama in a science fiction setting. X pops in and out of timelines frequently, but it’s not a problem to keep track of what’s going on. This is because we only ever know what X knows. With Pilot X, Tom Merritt examines the perception of reality as filtered through the lens of controlled information.
My favorite line from the book was:
“It didn’t make him good or evil. It just made him responsible.”
I think that sometimes we get too fixated on assigning labels to people and forget that it doesn’t really matter. This one line in Pilot X cuts right to the heart of the matter. If what this person did is good or evil is in the eyes of the beholder.
Pilot X has great pacing, solid dialogue, and an interesting plot. It’s an easy read from a talented author, and well worth checking out.
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