Time Lies

Venice hides more than its canals. Jay Aldan is a time traveler whose work keeps the Collective, humanity's last hope against extinction, alive. His missions take him into the past, where he collects DNA from donors who have no idea they are giving it up. Jay's record is poor, and after yet another botched journey he is left stranded in 2016, facing what looks like a slow death. There he meets an American tourist whose unusual genetic makeup might be the thing that earns him a second chance.

Just as Jay's prospects seem to improve, his captain turns against the crew, and the ship's cognizant AI, a mind that has grown beyond its programming, resolves to act on her own. A discovery nobody wanted forces Jay into a desperate, life-or-death race against the clock. Beneath the action runs a love affair that spans centuries and never quite comes together.

Time Lies is a science fiction time travel novel set in Venice, with a romance that crosses the ages at its heart. It is a full rewrite of the author's earlier novel, Out of Time, and it opens the Cognizant series.