Title: Time Blinder: Shadow of Frost
Author: Ocean Lockwood
Publisher: PartridgeSingapore
ISBN: 978-1543770629
Pages: 344
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Reviewed by: Christina Avina
Pacific Book Review
Sometimes the best way to look forward is the look behind you. The way to grow and evolve as a person sometimes stems from confronting our pasts or even learning about them, and using the lessons that past teaches us to become the best possible versions of ourselves. The temptation to travel back in time if it were possible is always one which is fascinating, and yet the reality is changing the past won’t solve the problems of the present, only create new ones.
In author Ocean Lockwood’s Time Blinder: Shadow of Frost, heavy sci-fi and fantasy themes come together to tell a personal and heartfelt story of time and loss. After a young man named Stevie arrives on a planet with his mother to fulfill his father’s request, Stevie finds himself on a mission of discovery when an interaction with a large tree sends him reeling through time, discovering the story of a ruthless enemy traversing the universe and the journey he will have to go on to stop them and end the threat to time itself.
Immediately readers are treated to a fantastic world of magic and space travel, showcasing the wonderful balance that sci-fi and fantasy have taken together in this novel. This allows for quite a wide-ranging and beautifully written setting, taking readers through haunting forests and war-ravaged worlds and illustrating these scenes through powerful use of imagery in the author’s writing. The world building is amazing in this book, as it sets a drawn-out pace which peels back the layers of this mystery and threat that Stevie faces slowly, allowing the reader to get invested in this universe and get to experience each world and scene change as if they were standing there with the protagonist all along.
This is the perfect read for those who enjoy science fiction and fantasy novels, especially those which showcase the harmonious way these genres can mesh together and still create enough drama and depth of character to really hook the reader. The character development was perfect, allowing the tension to build between characters like Stevie and Flynnie, while other scenes uniquely illustrated the magical atmosphere the cast of characters found themselves in along this epic journey.
Memorable, action-packed, and entertaining, author Ocean Lockwood’s Time Blinder: Shadow of Frost is a must-read science fiction and fantasy novel from a promising upcoming author. The twists and turns in the narrative and the rich world-building that expanded the universe the author has created was phenomenal to read, and the open- ended ending allows readers to eagerly await the author’s return with another book in this series.
