Disclaimer: I received an ebook copy for this blog tour for Escapist Book Company. This hasn’t influenced either the review or the score.

Nexus Point is the first installment of the Time Rangers series, a military sci-fi work from the Canadian author K. Pimpinella. It features the future, time travel, and an interesting organization that is responsible for keeping the temporal line, Time Rangers.

Kai Sawyer is the son of Commander Sawyer, one of the highest Commanders in the hierarchy of the Organization, and as such, he is forced into becoming Commander on Time Rangers, as he is mainly forced to follow the path his father has for him, sometimes being threatened.

Kai’s character has so much potential, as we can see through his eyes some difficult conditions, such as it can the parents’ expectations, the pressure to follow a determined path, and having to deal with the challenges of being the leader of a team. It also features some conditions derived from how Kai was conceived, as he is a Spawn, a genetically modified human.

There’s one aspect I particularly loved about the book is how many historic moments are featured, as we are talking of a novel whose main point is time travel. From the Titanic sinking to JFK’s assassination to the main mission of the book, 1634 France; we experience diverse historical scenarios and we watch how they fight to avoid temporal discrepancies, which is also something I consider bright from the author, as she’s avoiding the grandfather paradox by using this system.

Ironically, I think the reason why my score is not higher is the France mission, as I found it kinda dragging the pace, from a first half that I find really brilliant, to this one which I personally found really slow. I actually prefer the shorter episodes to this longer mission, honestly. Also, one of the parts that feature Kai is probably just not of my taste.

Still, I would recommend this book to people who love History, as it fulfills it perfectly, and to people who love Time-Travel Sci-Fi.