Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Protagonist archetypes
Tropes
Synopsis
Escape Into Tomorrow The Penheniot Experimental Research Village was a top-secret community with an elaborate defense system to keep away prying eyes. Inside the walls men rushed ahead with practical experiments to develop a means of time travel, while outside the everyday world fell victim to more and more plagues, strikes and rioting. The world was on the brink of chaos. Could the small band of scientists and chrononauts at Penheniot Village find a safe method of escape into the future before the violence and death outside destroyed them too? CHRONOCULES is a fascinating, original novel of mankind in crisis, by one of the most highlv praised science fiction novelists in years, author of SYNTHAJOY, THE SILENT MULTITUDE and THE STEEL CROCODILE. "Work of this calibre is what science fiction is for." - James Blish
Is Chronocules appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This 1970s hard science fiction novel explores time travel research against a backdrop of societal breakdown, with implied violence from riots and plagues occurring outside the research facility. The focus is on scientific problem-solving and existential questions rather than graphic content.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include mass death, violence, and war (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens interested in classic hard SF will appreciate the time travel mechanics and race-against-time survival tension.