Crossing in Time
Between Two Evils Book 1
by D.L. Orton
Genre: Action-Adventure, Dystopian, Time Travel, Love Story
The past isn't over, it's an opening. The future isn't hidden, it's a trap.
If she ever wants to see him again, she'll have to take the risk...
Publishers Weekly Starred Review: "Funny, Romantic & Harrowing!"
When offered a one-way trip to the past, Iz sacrifices everything for a chance to change her dystopian
future—and see her murdered lover one last time.
After a perilous journey through a black hole, she wakes up on a tropical beach, buck naked and mortally
wounded—but twenty years younger! With only hours to live, she must convince an enraptured but
skeptical twenty-something guy to fix their future relationship and thereby save the planet (no one is
quite sure why.)
But it's easier said than done, as success means losing him to a brainy, smart-mouthed bombshell (her
younger self), and that's a heartbreaker, save the world or not.
Across the infinite expanse of space and time, love endures...
(Unfortunately, it’s not going to be enough.)
FALL INTO THIS EDGY, action-packed, darkly comedic, dystopian love story, and be prepared to
encounter a finicky time machine, a mysterious seashell, and a very clever dog (some sex, some
swearing, some violence, but no vampires and absolutely no ditzes.)
Content Warning!
This book contains material that may be disturbing to some, and in movie form, would be rated NC-
17 for strong language, nudity, sexual situations, and violence (including attempted sexual assault,
abduction, intense danger, miscarriage, confinement, a pandemic, religious fanaticism (Christian),
government malevolence, and death).
Reader discretion is advised.
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Lost Time
Between Two Evils Book 2
From the award-winning author D. L. ORTON comes book two in the Between Two Evils Series...
If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back?
When a faulty time machine deposits Diego at the top of a towering evergreen, he knows he's in the
wrong place—but has no idea he's also in the wrong time. Naked and shivering in the primeval forest, he
attempts to climb down—but slips, whacks his head on a branch, and tumbles into oblivion.
He awakens inside a darkened room, crippled and disheartened, and must come to grips with the
realization that he is marooned in a bleak alternate future. In this universe, what remains of the human
race is trapped inside a handful of aging biodomes. With his mission failed, his world destroyed, and the
one woman he loves dead, he can find no reason to go on living.
Except Lani, the emotionally scarred doctor who must put Diego's broken body back together, refuses to
let him die, and as Diego heals, their relationship becomes... complicated. He struggles to let go of the
past but is unable to get Isabel out of his head—or his heart. Just when it seems he may be able to find
some measure of happiness in a world teetering on the edge of extinction...
Another note arrives from his past: Isabel is alive—but not for long. Find the time machine, and go
home before it's too late...
~ Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize shortlist
~ Colorado Book Award finalist
Dead Time
Between Two Evils Book 3
If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back?
From award-winning author D. L. ORTON comes book three in the Between Two Evils series...
Shannon fights to stay alive inside a rogue biodome and discovers something totally unexpected... Peter.
Lani is forced into the role of the reluctant heroine but rediscovers her street-kid mojo and sets out to find
everything she's lost. Diego receives another dirty sock (and a note) from the poorly aimed fireball
express: "The window between universes is closing." If Diego has any hope of getting back to Iz, he must
get to the Magic Kingdom and power up the time machine before it's too late.
What could possibly go wrong?
DL ORTON, THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR of the BETWEEN TWO EVILS series, lives in the foothills of
the Rockies where she and her husband are raising three boys, a golden retriever, two Siberian cats,
and an extremely long-lived Triops. ?
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In her spare time, she's building a time machine so that someone can go back and do the laundry.
GUEST POST
There's
a wonderful, humorous backdrop against the sci-fi which makes
Crossing in Time a fun read - but at the same time it doesn't
downgrade the scientific quality. Are scientists
particularly funny, or do you see of humor in everything?
A
psychoanalyst shows a patient an inkblot, and asks him what he sees.
"A
man and woman making love," the patient replies.
"And
this?" The psychoanalyst shows the guy another inkblot.
"That's
also a man and woman making love."
The
doctor holds up a third inkblot and raises an eyebrow.
"Well,"
says the patient, shifting in his chair, "it's another man and
woman making love."
The
psychoanalyst gives a disapproving huff. "You are obsessed with
sex."
"What
do you mean I'm
obsessed?" the guy says. "You're
the one with all the dirty pictures.''
Q. It's
clear that you've got a solid background in both science and science
fiction. Were these already in place before you started writing
Crossing
in Time?
My
parents were both public school teachers who thought watching TV was
a waste of brainpower, so I grew up without one. I imagine that
explains pretty much everything weird about me. (I still don't watch
TV, but man am I addicted to the science channels on YouTube:
SciShow, Physics Girl, Space-Time, VSauce, Veritasium, Minute Physics
-- just to name a few. I think I'm making up for lost time.)
Q.
Your presentation of time travel and multi-universes is absolutely
brilliant! A gentle layering of experimental results -
positive and (sometimes gruesomely) negative - gradually builds into
a detailed yet uncertain picture of time travel mechanics complete
with potential solutions (and glaring warnings) for time travel
paradoxes. How on Earth (or at least on one version of it did
you get your inspiration?
I
peeked. 😉
Q.
There's a feast of sci-fi ideas introduced early on in Crossing
in Time,
but at the same time I love to hate the details you give regarding
the insane prevalence of bureaucracy and red tape. Did
experience play any role in these angles?
Nope.
In my universe the government is a model of efficiency, benevolence,
and foresight. Did I mention I write fiction?
Q.
A large section of the novel is given over to the physical side of
the relationship between Isabelle and Diego. Sci-Fi, humor and
erotica is an extraordinary mix which makes Crossing
in Time
really stand out from other novels. Was this a deliberate
choice, or did it just come out like that as you wrote the novel?
I
wrote the book I wanted to read: a hard sci-fi, action, suspense,
mystery, character-driven, funny, poignant, edgy, tight, love story.
If you like challenges, try picking just one genre for it. (This is
both the brilliance and stupidity of writing cross-genre fiction.)
Q.
One of the parts of Crossing
in Time
I particularly enjoyed is where Isabelle meets Diego in the past and
gives him 'training' in how to deal with the past version of
herself. I imagine this might set up a causal loop, in which
case there's a certain sense of destiny. There's also an idea
that there isn't the perfect soulmate, but that we can learn from
each other and adapt / accept. Where do you stand when it comes
to finding (and keeping) life partners?
People
who are in a compelling, fulfilling, and enduring interpersonal
relationship don't blow up train stations, shoot up churches, attack
nightclubs, invade countries, build expensive walls, or deny others
their basic human rights. (Maybe he forgets to put his dishes in the
dishwasher every now and then, but I can live with that.)
Spoiler
alert: Diego and Isabel do
eventually get it right.
Q.
Do your books have happy endings?
The
universe is a vast, dark, inhospitable place, but little bits of
light still manage to shine through and make it beautiful. Sometimes
that’s enough.
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