ISBN: 1250313740 9781250313744

Category: Fiction / Science Fiction / Time Travel

Page count: 176

<p><b>Kate Heartfield's <i>Alice Payne Arrives</i> is the story of a time traveling thief turned reluctant hero in this science fiction adventure.</b><br><br> A disillusioned major, a highwaywoman, and a war raging across time.<br><br> It’s 1788 and Alice Payne is the notorious highway robber, the Holy Ghost. Aided by her trusty automaton, Laverna, the Holy Ghost is feared by all who own a heavy purse.<br><br> It’s 1889 and Major Prudence Zuniga is once again attempting to change history—to <i>save </i>history—but seventy attempts later she’s still no closer to her goal.<br><br> It’s 2016 and . . . well, the less said about 2016 the better!<br><br> But in 2020 the Farmers and the Guides are locked in battle; time is their battleground, and the world is their prize. Only something new can change the course of the war. Or someone new.<br><br> Little did they know, but they’ve all been waiting until Alice Payne arrives. </p>