Books like 'TIME CHAIN'
Readers who enjoyed TIME CHAIN by Steven Decker also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
contemporary supernatural alternate history action / adventure post-apocalyptic time-travel
-
Last Dragon Standing by Rachel Aaron
18 ratingsDear Reader, There is no way to write a blurb for this final book without spoiling all of the others. Suffice it to say, mysteries resolve, dragons war, pigeons abound, and Julius must risk himself in ways he never dreamed possible as Bob’s grand plan finally comes to fruition. But the Great Seer of the Heartstrikers isn’t the only one whose schemes are nearing completion...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure alternate-history audiobook book contemporary dragons dystopia -
One Good Dragon Deserves Another by Rachel Aaron
19 ratingsAfter barely escaping the machinations of his terrifying mother, two all knowing seers, and countless bloodthirsty siblings, the last thing Julius wants to see is another dragon... -
A Summoner's Tale by Victoria Danann
16 ratingsTHIS IS THE THIRD INSTALLMENT in the ongoing story of the Black Swan serial saga. Before you read, please read Book 1, My Familiar Stranger (FREE) and Book 2, The Witch's Dream, FIRST!!A secret society, a witch, a psychic, vampires, modern day knights, heroes, elves, fae, assassins from another dimension, and fairytales come together where emotions intersect... -
A Dragon of a Different Color by Rachel Aaron
18 ratingsTo save his family from his tyrannical mother, Julius had to step on a lot of tails. That doesn’t win a Nice Dragon many friends, but just when he thinks he’s starting to make progress, a new threat arrives.Turns out, things can get worse. Heartstriker hasn’t begun to pay for its secrets, and the dragons of China are here to collect...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure alpha-mc alternate-history audiobook book classics contemporary -
-
Mage Fall by Jonathan Moeller
6 ratingsI was done with Lord Morvilind. But the war with the Archon Elves was finished with neither of us. Morvilind has one last job for me. One final heist to decide the fate of humans and Elves both. And if I screw this one up, the Void will devour both humanity and the Elves..Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure alternate-history assassins audiobook book contemporary dark -
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
28 ratingsDetective Thursday Next has had her fill of her responsibilities as the Bellman in Jurisfiction. Packing up her son, Friday, Thursday returns to Swindon accompanied by none other than the dithering Danish prince Hamlet... -
Blood Cast by Jonathan Moeller
6 ratingsNadia Moran risked her life to save her brother Russell. But she didn't realize that Russell would do the exact same thing for her. And when the Rebel sorcerers come for them both, Nadia and Russell will have to fight alongside each other, or die together..Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure adult alternate-history assassins audiobook book contemporary -
Hammer Break by Jonathan Moeller
6 ratingsNadia Moran is in serious trouble. Bad enough that Lord Morvilind is forcing her to work with the Rebels. Even worse that the murderous Rebels want her dead. But this time, the Rebels want her to rob a bank. Specifically, the Royal Bank itself, the best-defended building in North America...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure alternate-history assassins audiobook book contemporary dark -
Death’s Door by April White
8 ratingsA master of the macabre and an ageless crusader cross paths in the shadows of time. “Ye who read are still among the living; but I who write shall have long since gone my way into the region of shadows.” ~ Edgar Allan PoeThe first time Alexandra “Ren” Reynolds meets Edgar Allan Poe is the night he walks into her underground bar — over 170 years after his mysterious death...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure adult alternate-history book contemporary fiction magical-realism -
Lightning by Dean Koontz, Peter Marinker
32 ratingsA storm struck on the night Laura Shane was born, and there was a strangeness about the weather that people would remember for years. But even more mysterious was the blond-haired stranger who appeared out of nowhere – the man who saved Laura from a fatal delivery. Years later – another bolt of lightning – and the stranger returned, again to save Laura from tragedy...Categorized as:
time-travel 20th-century action-adventure adult alternate-history angels anthologies audiobook -
Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks
24 ratingsAngel Fire East marks the close of Terry Brooks's Word and Void trilogy, which began with 1997's Running with the Demon. In this book, the story returns to Nest's native Hopewell, where once again Nest and John must face off against the Void...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure alternate-history apocalyptic audiobook book contemporary dark -
Elsewhere by Dean Koontz
24 ratingsThe fate of the world is in the hands of a father and daughter in an epic novel of wonder and terror by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.Since his wife, Michelle, left seven years ago, Jeffy Coltrane has worked to maintain a normal life for himself and his eleven-year-old daughter, Amity, in Suavidad Beach...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure adult alternate-history audiobook book contemporary crime -
Interesting Places by Matthew Storm
10 ratingsOliver Jones, a man who once discovered he had the power to change reality itself, used to be called the most dangerous man in the world. Now he's joined The Araneae Group, a team of paranormal investigators under the command of Artemis, a seemingly immortal ten-year-old girl...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure adult alternate-history book contemporary fiction humor -
Ghost Country by Patrick Lee
18 ratingsFor decades, inexplicable technology has passed into our world through the top secret anomaly called the Breach. The latest device can punch a hole into the future ..."What Paige Campbell saw when she opened a door into seventy years from now scared the hell out of her... -
-
A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks
24 ratingsEight centuries ago the first Knight of the Word was commissioned to combat the demonic evil of the Void. Now that daunting legacy has passed to John Ross - along with powerful magic and the knowledge that his actions are all that stand between a living hell and humanity's future.Then, after decades of service to the Word, an unspeakable act of violence shatters John Ross's weary faith...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure alternate-history apocalyptic audiobook book contemporary dark -
Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green
25 ratingsJohn Taylor just discovered his long-gone mother created the Nightside—the dark heart of London—and intends to destroy it. To save his birthplace, he will have to travel back through a very distant—and probably deadly—past...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure adult alternate-history alternate-universe angels audiobook book -
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
26 ratingsEver since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross into alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurting the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked and his consciousness scattered across multiple dimensions...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book contemporary crime -
Spell or High Water by Scott Meyer
27 ratingsThe adventures of an American hacker in Medieval England continue as Martin Banks takes his next step on the journey toward mastering his reality-altering powers and fulfilling his destiny. A month has passed since Martin helped to defeat the evil programmer Jimmy, and things couldn’t be going better. Except for his love life, that is...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book classics comedy -
First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
26 ratingsIt's been fourteen years since Thursday pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and Friday is now a difficult sixteen year old. However, Thursday's got bigger problems. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Reichenbach Falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. And before this can be corrected, Miss Marple dies suddenly in a car accident, bringing her series to a close as well... -
The Breach by Patrick Lee
20 ratingsThirty years ago, in a facility buried beneath a vast Wyoming emptiness, an experiment gone awry accidentally opened a door. It is the world's best-kept secret-and its most terrifying... -
Firewalker by Josephine Angelini
18 ratingsWorlds divide, magic slays, and love lies in the second book of Josephine Angelini’s The Worldwalker Trilogy."You think I’m a monster, but my choices, as ruthless as they seem, are justified."Lily is back in her own universe, and she's ready to start a new life with Rowan by her side... -
The Sight by Chloe Neill
16 ratingsThe paranormal war that engulfed New Orleans seven years ago is over. But the battle for the city is just beginning . . . Claire Connolly is a Sensitive, infected with magic when the Veil that divides humanity from the world beyond fell...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure adult alpha-mc alternate-history angels audiobook book -
Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks
26 ratingsTwenty years ago, Terry Brooks turned fantasy fiction on its head with The Sword of Shannara, the first fantasy novel to make the mainstream bestseller lists, and the first in an unbroken string of thirteen bestselling books... -
An Unwelcome Quest by Scott Meyer
25 ratingsEver since Martin Banks and his fellow computer geeks discovered that reality is just a computer program to be happily hacked, they’ve been jaunting back and forth through time, posing as medieval wizards and having the epic adventures that other nerds can only dream of having...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure alternate-history audiobook book comedy contemporary fiction -
-
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
24 ratingsThe newest tour de force from The New York Times bestselling author of Thursday Next and Shades of Grey. Jasper Fforde's exuberant return to the fantastical BookWorld opens during a time of great unrest. All-out Genre war is rumbling, and the BookWorld desperately needs a heroine like Thursday Next...Categorized as:
time-travel 21st-century action-adventure adult alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book -
The Scourge of God by S.M. Stirling
18 ratingsThe Scourge of God is a novel of The Change series.Rudi Mackenzie — son and heir of the High Priestess Juniper Mackenzie and the Bear Lord Mike Havel — continues his trek across the land that once was the United States of America. His destination: Nantucket, where he hopes to learn the truth behind the Change which rendered technology around the globe inoperable...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure adult alternate-history apocalyptic audiobook book contemporary -
The Sword of the Lady by S.M. Stirling
18 ratingsThe "New York Times" bestselling author continues his "epic of survival and rebirth" ("Library Journal"), chronicling a modern world without technology. Rudi Mackenzie has journeyed far across the land that was once the United States of America, hoping to find the source of the world-altering event that has come to be known as The Change...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic time-travel action-adventure adult alternate-history apocalyptic audiobook book -
Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer
30 ratingsMartin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little “tweaks” have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and pose as a wizard...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure alternate-history audiobook book children comedy contemporary -
Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini
24 ratingsThe exhilaratingly seductive new series from the author of the bestselling Starcrossed seriesLove burns. Worlds collide. Magic reigns.This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying many of the experiences that other teenagers take for granted... which is why she is determined to enjoy her first (and perhaps only) high-school party... -
The UnTied Kingdom by Kate Johnson
8 ratingsThe portal to an alternate world was the start of all her troubles – or was it?When Eve Carpenter lands with a splash in the Thames, it’s not the London or England she’s used to. No one has a telephone or knows what a computer is. England’s a third world country and Princess Di is still alive. But worst of all, everyone thinks Eve’s a spy.Including Major Harker who has his own problems...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure alternate-history audiobook book contemporary drama dystopia -
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
46 ratingsThe Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet... -
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
35 ratingsThe year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burned-out deserts and the remains of splintered forests. Survivors still remember the past greatness of humankind... -
The Flight of the Silvers by Daniel Price
18 ratingsWithout warning, the world comes to an end for Hannah and Amanda Given. The sky looms frigid white. The electricity falters. Airplanes everywhere crash to the ground. But the Givens are saved by mysterious strangers, three fearsome and beautiful beings who force a plain silver bracelet onto each sister’s wrist... -
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
33 ratingsMarguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer—her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul— escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book contemporary crime -
-
My Familiar Stranger by Victoria Danann
21 ratingsWinner BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES the past four years in a row! - Reviewers Choice Awards, The Paranormal Romance Guild.New York Times and USA Today bestseller, Victoria Danann, introduces the epic saga that reset the gold standard for paranormal romance. I accidentally ended up in this dimension. I had nothing.I knew no one... -
Feed by Mira Grant
34 ratingsThe year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure alternate-history apocalyptic audiobook book contemporary crime -
Tsunami Blue by Gayle Ann Williams
8 ratings“This original romance starts quietly enough, like a calm blue ocean, and gradually builds until you’re holding on for dear life, hit with page after page of creative, taut action. You’ll be left grinning, grateful for the ride, thanks to original characters, a fantastic story and action that will keep you up late, turning pages...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure alternate-history apocalyptic book contemporary dystopia epic -
The Fold by Peter Clines
26 ratingsSTEP INTO THE FOLD. IT’S PERFECTLY SAFE. The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn’t much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he’s content with his quiet and peaceful existence...Categorized as:
time-travel 21st-century action-adventure adult aliens alternate-history apocalyptic audiobook -
Death Blows by D.D. Barant
16 ratingsFBI profiler Jace Valchek was pulled into this parallel realm to hunt for Aristotle Stoker, a human serial killer who preys on vampires and werewolves. Now she works for the National Security Agency of the Unnatural States of America - and her boss is a vampire...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure adult alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book contemporary -
Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory
16 ratingsIn 1968, after the first zombie outbreak, Wanda Mayhall and her three young daughters discover the body of a teenage mother during a snowstorm. Wrapped in the woman’s arms is a baby, stone-cold, not breathing, and without a pulse. But then his eyes open and look up at Wanda — and he begins to move... -
Time and Chance by Alan Brennert
6 ratingsA classic novel from the bestselling author of Moloka'i and HonoluluBefore Alan Brennert became a bestselling author of historical novels, he wrote this lyrical fantasy in the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure adult alternate-history book contemporary fiction historical-fiction -
The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
24 ratingsThe Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own. A world that exists in the shadows of our own. A conflict we will never see. One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom.A world that exists in the shadows of our own.A conflict we will never see...Categorized as:
time-travel action-adventure adult alternate-history alternate-universe audiobook book conspiracies -
Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
24 ratingsEvery Winter, the human population hibernates.During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity.Well, not quite... -
Countdown City by Ben H. Winters
24 ratingsThere are just 77 days to go before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Hank Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic 21st-century action-adventure adult alternate-history apocalyptic audiobook book -
-
Traveler by L.E. DeLano
12 ratingsJessa has spent her life dreaming of other worlds and writing down stories more interesting than her own, until the day her favorite character, Finn, suddenly shows up and invites her out for coffee. After the requisite nervous breakdown, Jessa learns that she and Finn are Travelers, born with the ability to slide through reflections and dreams into alternate realities... -
Double Dead by Chuck Wendig
12 ratingsCoburn’s been dead now for close to a century, but seeing as how he’s a vampire and all, it doesn't much bother him. Or at least it didn't, not until he awoke from a forced five-year slumber to discover that most of human civilization was now dead-but not dead like him, oh no.See, Coburn likes blood. The rest of the walking dead, they like brains. He’s smart. Them, not so much...Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic action-adventure adult alternate-history apocalyptic book contemporary dark -
Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
20 ratingsLushly written with rich and vivid characters, SANTA OLIVIA is Jacqueline Carey's take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth. Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico... -
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
19 ratingsDarcy Jones doesn't remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn't have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn't happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population... -
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
33 ratingsNORMALLY, WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO, HE LISTENED TO THE SILENCE.The Silence was very faint here. Almost drowned out by the sounds of the mundane world. Did people in this polished building understand how noisy it was? The roar of air conditioners and computer fans, the susurration of many voices heard but not decipherable... -
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
35 ratingsThere are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind.Until they found her..Categorized as:
post-apocalyptic 21st-century action-adventure alternate-history audiobook book contemporary dark
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.