Earlier this month, I read a book called Aeon Legion: Labyrinth by J.P. Beaubien. I’ve known about this book for a while, thanks to J.P.’s youtube channel: Terrible Writing Advice. Now that I’ve finished the book, I have to say, it was really good.
The story follows a girl named Terra Mason, who is average and an underachiever. She’s just coasting through life without a clear direction. She likes geology, but she doesn’t know how to make that into a career. All Terra wants is to become a true heroine.
The story starts a few months before she graduates from high school. Terra’s in the public library and a group of Nazis invade. These Nazis have time traveled from 1940. Their leader, Hanns, is looking for a history book, so he’ll know how World War II ends.
Terra, with the help of a time traveling cop named Alya Silverwind, stops Hanns from getting a history book. Alya is impressed and decides to invite Terra into the time cop training program. They’re known as the Aeon Legion.
Overall, I liked J.P.’s book. Terra has to work for everything she gets. Other characters even say she’s not a chosen one, but a heroine of choice. She’s not directed by fate and destiny, but her own choices. That’s pretty refreshing. I did get a bit lost when J.P. was describing the singularity technology that makes time travel work, but I put that down to me reading more fantasy than sci-fi books. I’m sure if I was a bigger sci-fi fan, than it would have made more sense.
My final rating for Aeon Legion: Labyrinth is five out of five stars. It was a good book.