In the heart of World War II, Tom and Ben became lovers. Brought together by a secret project designed to hide British targets from German radar, the two founded a love that could not be revealed. When the project went wrong, Tom and Ben vanished into nothingness, presumed dead. Their bodies were never found.
Now the two are lost in time, hunting each other across decades, leaving clues in books of poetry and trying to make their disparate timelines overlap.
I read this in 2019, so bear with me, friends. Ian McDonald's Time Was is a beautiful time-travel story, and a romance for the ages. The blurb is a bit misleading and also spoilery; the book is less of a straight narrative and more of a mystery where a historian slowly unravels what happened. The focus is mostly on the historian. I can see how others might feel deceived, because one might expect, well, what it says on the tin; on the other hand, I just die for this kind of framing device, so if you're like me I guarantee you'll enjoy this book.
✨ 5 stars
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