'The Day Time Was Hacked' by Carel Mackenbach

[Dennis Grey]

Hi there, I just read this mind blowing book. It is Carel Mackenbach's debut novel, 'The Day Time Was Hacked'. I really liked it, while reading, I only stopped once, to eat dinner. I started around 4:30 pm, had a quick dinner and finished it by 3:30 am that night.

Here is a description
'In the near future, an authoritarian regime discovers a time-travel device invented in 2010, before the technology existed to make it work. The reconnaissance team from that future kidnaps Max Burkowski, the inventor’s son, and Brother Frank Bootsma from the Vatican Observatory, who says that he has been abducted for a related reason. While they struggle to find a way back home, the story unfolds and reunfolds as things that happened in the past change, and things that happened in the future change back again.'

It's is a really fast paced plot, but not too fast to keep up with. Carel Mackenbach spins a terrific tale about religion combined with science fiction that sweeps you off your feet and takes you away to this, very plausible, futuristic world. The story jumps through time so fast, you would expect to lose yourself in no time, but the guiding hand of Mackenbach's
is a bright beacon in the dark that leads you expertly through this amazing web of conspiracies and counter-conspiracies.

Although this is his first novel, I feel I can say with right that Carel Mackenbach is a bestselling author in the making! Therefore I recommend this book to all that love a good thriller, with religion and science-fiction intertwined.

[BenjaminBanks]

I saw your post a few days back and decided I'd give it a go. I am now just past the 250 pages, and I have to say I totally agree with you. It is indeed a very well written book, recommend it to most readers, although some will find it is not for everyone. It is really fast paced, so you have to pay attention to everything the entire time, but that's what I liked the most. I myself usually don't have the time for reading books, I certainly never make time to read them. But today I found, much to my own astonishment, that I came home from work early, I started that morning at breakfast, to finish the book, I haven't yet finished it though, but it looks really promising.