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""Richly emotional and inventive near-future SF drama . . . the novel pulses with ideas, humanity, and adventure."" - BookLife Editor's Pick Review This standalone book from the multi-award-winning Heartless Series will delight lovers of romance and sci-fi adventures. A thrilling work of speculative fiction, set in the not-too-distant future, it will keep you on your toes until the final pages. Earth, 2053. Climate scientist Quinn Buyers discovers motherhood is not the joy-filled experience she thought it would be. There is the lack of sleep, the boundless love, and the ceaseless worry, combined with the fact that her cyborg husband is never home. Her AI meerkat has also run away, and her best friend has mysteriously vanished from CyberSleep, life onboard her boat is anything but smooth sailing. When she is offered the chance to visit the world's most advanced technology show, Quinn doesn't hesitate. This might be the place to jump-start her flagging career. But she didn't expect to bump into a mortal enemy, come face to face with the HOTROD killing machines, or run into her wayward husband. Join Quinn as she embarks on another riveting adventure in a high-tech world where she discovers how consciousness in a cognitive machine can quickly go wrong. Where she wonders, did they put the off button? Unfortunately, time is not on her side.

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"""Equal parts thought-provoking and riotously joyful, Time is Heartless is a book I'll be thinking about for months-maybe even years. It's genuinely, completely hilarious in the brilliant, sparkling, ridiculous way the future with all its boundless potential could be . . . some of the most intricately imagined worldbuilding I've ever read, and yet it feels completely accessible."" -Independent Book Review ""The surprising, emotionally resonant third entry in Lahey's near-future Heartless Series blends thoughtful, inventive science fiction with romance, family drama, and a heartwarming commitment to love . . ."" - BookLife Editor's Pick Review ""Author Sarah Lahey has crafted an imaginative and compelling work. I was particularly impressed by the way the many levels of the novel worked together, and how much work the author pours into every moment of the worldbuilding, plot construction, and character development to make this possible."" - Readers' Favorite Five-Star Review ★★★★★ ""The world-building is extraordinary, the characters are wonderful."" - Sam Goodreads Review ★★★★★ ""Overall, it's funny and heartfelt, and I loved the romance."" - Andy Goodreads Review ★★★★★ ""I've read all 3 books in the series, and I love them all...but maybe this one the most. This book brought me to tears more than once."" - Annie Goodreads Review ★★★★★ "". . . a novel that pulses with both ideas, humanity, and (at its start and ending) adventure. Lahey's storytelling circumnavigates a fascinating Earth of heat surges, advanced tech, dark secrets, and deeply human connection."" - BookLife Editor's Pick Review "". . . some fantastically timed twists that I didn't see coming, yet they fit so satisfyingly into the plot that had already been laid out for some brilliant ""a-ha!"" moments."" - Readers' Favorite Five-Star Review ★★★★★ ""Time is Heartless is a rare work of fiction that I would gladly gift and recommend with great confidence to both my parents, my best friend, and to my middle-aged neighbors. Even reading this book as a standalone-coming into this story without the relationships built in the two previous books-I felt a close and familial connection to these characters."" -Independent Book Review"

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