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**FUNNY! SEXY! ACTION PACKED!** ** Chicago, 2064: Mankind Can Rewind** Talon Alalon is a timecaster--one of a select few peace officers who can operate a TEV, the Tachyon Emission Visualizer, which records events (most specifically, crimes) that have already happened. With crime at an all-time low, Talon has little to do except give lectures to schoolkids--and obsess on his wife's profession as a licensed sex partner. Then one of her clients asks Talon to investigate a possible murder. When Talon uses the TEV to view the crime, the identity of the killer is unmistakable--it's him, Talon Avalon. Someone is taking timecasting to a whole new level and using it to frame Talon. And the only way he can prove his innocence is to go off the grid--which in 2064 is a very dangerous thing to do. Time is *not* on his side. Featuring all of the action, thrills, and humor of other Konrath books, but set in an outrageous never-before-seen future, the Timecaster series is ecopunk on super steroids. Add in healthy doses of sex, some characters from Konrath's previous books (Talon is Jack Daniels's grandson), and a lot of outrageous ideas about technology, society, and politics, and Timecaster is a book that will appeal to anyone who likes to be entertained, even if they don't dig on sci-fi. **About the Author** JA Konrath is the author of eight novels in the Jack Daniels thriller series. They do not have to be read in chronological order to be enjoyed, but for those who want to know it is: Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb, Shaken, and Stirred. Jack also appears in the novels Shot of Tequila, Flee, Spree, Three, Timecaster Supersymmetry, Banana Hammock, and Serial Killers Uncut, as well as the short story collection Jack Daniels Stories, and the novellas Floaters and Burners. Last Call, the ninth Jack Daniels novel, will be available in spring of 2013. Konrath writes horror under the name Jack Kilborn, including the bestsellers Afraid, Trapped, Endurance, and Draculas. Haunted House, the next Kilborn thriller, is coming mid 2013. He has sold over a million ebooks. ### Review ** "Konrath is amazing. I wish I had his talent. " - *Jack Kilborn, author of TRAPPED*** **"I wrote this book!" - *J.A. Konrath, author of TIMECASTER*** ### From the Author ***An Informal Q & A with Joe Konrath*** **Q:** You're known for thrillers and horror novels. What made you write Science Fiction? **Joe:** Sci-fi is the most fun to write. There are no boundaries. If I can think it up, I can write about it. I had such a great time writing the Timecaster books.  **Q:** What's the tone of the series? **Joe:** We've all read about dystopian futures where the government is terrible and everything is gray and no one is happy. I went in the other direction. My future is bright and green and truly a utopia... until everything goes to hell. **Q:** You have a lot of humor in these. **Joe:** Yes. They're funny. I laughed so hard while writing these that I peed my spleen out. **Q:** What does a spleen actually do? **Joe: **I have no idea. But lemme tell you, the only thing worse than peeing out your spleen is shoving it back in. **Q:** These books feature some graphic sex... **Joe:** Hell yeah! In the future, prostitution is legal. So are drugs. It's utopia, remember? Smoke up and get naked. **Q: **Why did the sex have to be so gratuitous? **Joe:** Have you ever had sex? It's always gratuitous. That's the point. Don't be so prude. Open your mind up. Sex is natural, and normal, and a part of life. **Q: **The sex in these books is *not* normal. **Joe**: Save that talk for church, Mr. Puritan. And while you're there, feel free to pray for my soul. But it won't help. **Q:** How do these books tie in with your other, non-science fiction titles? **Joe:** I have a cop character named Jack Daniels who has been in a bunch of my books. Talon, the hero of the Timecaster series, is Jack's grandson. So Jack and various other characters from my other books appear in the Timecaster books. If you like my other books, you'll like Timecaster, even though it is futuristic. If you like Timecaster, you'll like my other books, even though they aren't futuristic. It's strange that the fans of each don't do more cross-over reading. I'm the same writer, folks. I'm going to entertain you whether the year is 1995 or 2064. **Q:** Who is Joe Kimball? **Joe:** I used a pen name for my horror books, Jack Kilborn. When Timecatser first came out, I used the pen name Joe Kimball. That was a mistake. They should have been published under JA Konrath. So I killed Kimball. He died well, even though his funeral was poorly attended. **Q:** These books have a lot of science and gadgets in them. Is any of it based on fact? **Joe:** Some of it. Some I just made up. But I love thinking about how the world will improve in the future, and what cool new stuff man will be able to do. So I get to play with space elevators and Tesla fields and nanotech and transhumanism and parallel universes and talking dinosaurs and giant squids and green roofs and all sorts of fun things.  **Q: **When is the third book, Timecaster Steampunk going to be available? **Joe:** Not until the first two books earn five hundred billion dollars. You hear that, Timecaster fans? If you want the new book, you need to tell everyone you know to buy the first two.  If that doesn't work out, I'm thinking 2014 sometime...