Book info

• Title TimeRiders: The Mayan Prophecy
• Author Alex Scarrow
• Year 2013
• Genre Science Fiction

When Maddy finally unlocks fragments of the secret that Becks has been holding on to, the TimeRiders start to piece together their true purpose. Racing through time to connect the clues, the team discover a Mayan tribe and an ancient relic provides a vital link to the past... and future. But not all the TimeRiders can cope with the discovery, and one threatens to bring them all down if they can act out their revenge...

Thoughts

Less like TimeRiders and more like Tomb Raiders, this edition of the series has some significant story updates with just a smattering of time travel thrown in. This book really started to make me question some of the time travel logic - something you can’t do too much of in any story of the genre - but ultimately you just go with it and enjoy the ride.

There was a lot more emotion involved in this one, particularly for poor Maddy, at one point I really did wonder how much more anybody would be able to take without collapsing into a complete mess. Interesting concepts though, well handled, and leading the way to the final book without too much of a cliffhanger, but enough questions left to be answered. Good stuff.

Rating: 4 / 5