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Invictus Kindle Edition

by Ryan Graudin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 350 ratings
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A heart-stopping adventure that defies time and space--New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu calls it "an incredibly intricate, brilliantly paced, masterfully written journey."
Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in ancient Rome, Far's very existence defies the laws of nature. All he's ever wanted was to explore history for himself, but after failing his entrance exam into the government program, Far will have to settle for a position on the black market-captaining a time-traveling crew to steal valuables from the past.
During a routine heist on the sinking Titanic, Far meets a mysterious girl named Eliot who always seems to be one step ahead of him. Eliot has secrets-big ones-that will affect Far's life from beginning to end. Armed with the knowledge that history is not as steady as it seems, she will lead Far and his team on a race through time to set things right before the clock runs out.
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    September 26, 2017
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* "Snarky banter, a clever setup, and a diverse and well-drawn cast elevate this rollicking, bombshell-laden adventure...Graudin's intricate worldbuilding brings the distant past and far future to vivid life. Readers who like their science fiction shot through with humor will be enthralled."―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

* "The story is well paced, and...deals with issues of trust, romance, and duty. This would be an excellent addition to most high school collections."―VOYA (starred review)

* "Invictus is a creative, mesmerizing adventure... From start to finish, it will captivate readers with unique characters, intriguing concepts, and an adorable red panda. It would be a great disservice to this generation of action-packed cinema to dismiss this novel without attempting to bring it to the big screen... Invictus is a ride that no young adult reader should miss."―VOYA Teen Reviewer (starred review)

"This is high adventure with a literary bent, and it's held together by a lovable, ragtag crew-turned-family that wouldn't be out of place in Firefly. A well-researched, thoroughly enjoyable romp through the ages."―Booklist

"Swoonworthy sci-fi: that's something that doesn't come along every day."―Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Graudin depicts the futuristic, high-tech world (2371 C.E.) and the fulsome and frenzied historical settings with equal richness...A madcap, vivid time-travel tale with a strong ensemble, both indebted and cheekily alluding to Doctor Who and Firefly."―Kirkus Reviews

"Gladiators, historians, engineers, smugglers, relics, suspense, love, and time travel merge in a story that will enthrall readers."―SLC

"The characters are all well developed and compelling...its satisfying ending hits all the right notes. An appealing sci-fi romp."―SLJ

"Graudin weaves the past and future seamlessly together into an epic canvas spanning generations. An incredibly intricate, brilliantly paced, masterfully written journey."―Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites

"I've loved all of Ryan Graudin's books, but I love this one the most. Time-traveling thieves skipping through history! Mind-bending in the best way."―Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Strange the Dreamer

"If the crew from Firefly somehow wound up as teenagers on the TARDIS and had to solve a Fringe-type mystery before time literally disappeared, you'd have something like Invictus."―Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of the Across the Universe series and A World Without You

"A nonstop thrill ride from start to finish--I raced through Invictus at top speed! With this book, Ryan Graudin proves she can conquer any genre she turns her hand to. Fun, cheeky, high-stakes, and totally immersive, this story is wildly imaginative and brilliantly original. Jump on board without hesitation: You'll love Invictus."―Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of the Illuminae Files

"Invictus gripped my heart. Graudin's achingly beautiful prose and thoughtful exploration of time, history, and identity create a stunning story. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough, and yet I wanted to savor each decadent sentence. Readers be warned, you'll want to stop time to live in this tale."―Roshani Chokshi, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Star-Touched Queen

About the Author

Ryan Graudin was born in Charleston, SC with a severe case of wanderlust. When she's not traveling, she's busy photographing weddings, writing, and spending time with her husband and wolf-dog. She is the author of The Walled City, Wolf by Wolf, and Blood for Blood. You can visit her online at ryangraudin.com.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MY47JS3
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (September 26, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 26, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4670 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 465 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 350 ratings

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Ryan Graudin was born in Charleston, South Carolina with a severe case of wanderlust. When she's not travelling, she's busy photographing weddings, writing and spending time with her husband and wolf-dog. You can visit her website at ryangraudin.com and follow her on Twitter @ryangraudin.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
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Katherine A. Moore
5.0 out of 5 stars HASHING EPIC novel from Ryan Graudin! Unique and exciting, loved it.
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2017
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This really is a *HASHING amazing book. Through the storytelling by Ryan Graudin and sheer expanse of time traveled, it feels epic. I pre-ordered 'Invictus' based on the recommendations of the other authors of the book, the intriguing one-liner, and feeling that the title implied a novel of immense proportions and it it didn't disappoint me.
It may only be coincidental that my son's name is Roman, but I happen to have a penchant for stories that include venturing to Ancient Rome, and combine that with time-travel, a red panda, Rubik's cubes, as well as teleportation, and this is a must-read. The story is hard to explain in a neat little nutshell - and I can't even imagine how the author Ryan quickly describes this book to people! One way would be to say that 'Invictus' is about a group of time-traveling-treasure-hunting-teenagers who basically end up saving the world from history and time fading away into nothingness. Make sense? Probably not (I guess you will have to read it).
I loved the crew of whimsical characters, and those wonderful chapter titles! Sometimes I'd get lost in the amazingly imaginative techie talk that Graudin somehow came up with for this book, but that's a little because I'm still a sci-fi newbie (it happens a lot with many sci-fi/fantasy novels). I have to reread to grasp it all, but it feels like ultimate proof of the incredible world-building that has been accomplished. It's so complex and rich, that a second read is necessary to absorb it all and bring more of it to life.
It also turns out I have forgotten all my Latin from my boarding school days but I was delighted to be transported back to the Coliseum that I've visited, except that it's now in use and there are gory scenes described. Graudin also transports us to places like Vegas and back to the Titanic. All of that is a real treat. Since I have a movie background, I just couldn't help but envision this as a movie (sorry, Ryan) because the imagery and storyline just scream 'film it' to me! Basically that just means it was so effective in terms of me visualizing the words I was reading into something vivid in my head. Read it and tell me how cool the costume and set design would be...
Anyway, I was kind of glad to read that this will be a standalone novel without any followup (some people may not agree). It's so beautiful with its ending, leaving me to imagine what's next. There's so much that goes on for these characters, you trust that they will go on the right path.
This book really is a marvel and a real success for Ryan Graudin, who has made a side step away from her grittier other novels. I hope she writes more in this vein. Everyone needs to read this, NOW.
*And HASHING needs to be the next new word in everyone's vocabulary. It was just one of the cool words Graudin came up with!
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Carole Wooten
4.0 out of 5 stars Really good!
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2022
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I thought that this was really good! I liked the idea of a future where time travel exists. Far has always been different because he was born outside of time. He always wanted to travel through time like his mother did but his dreams are crushed when he fails his final exam. When he is offered a chance to lead his own ship through time, he jumps at the chance. Along with his crew, they travel through time stealing relics for collectors. Everything is in question when he runs into Eliot on one of his missions. They will end up risking it all to save everything they know. This was a really exciting story with fantastic characters. I listened to the audiobook and thought that the narrator did an amazing job with the story.

I received a digital review copy of this book from the Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and borrowed a copy of the audiobook from my local library.
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B. Riley
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read!
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2022
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Everything about this book was well-created: characters are fleshed out and feel like real people; settings are easily pictured in your mind; the story itself is well-paced and logical (no weird "wait, what just happened?! I need to reread that part."). For the first 1/3 of the book, I didn't enjoy the main character, Far, but *did* like everyone else. I'm fine not liking the main character so I kept going- and ultimately, I never really fully liked him, but I did root for him, which I think speak volumes about Ms. Graudin's ability to write realistic characters.

The premise of "time travelling thieves stealing relics from history that were lost or have been missing" was absolutely fun and an original idea. Readers who know at least a bit about Roman, Egyptian, and Titanic history will likely enjoy these aspects best. The amount of details put in to knowing clothing and mannerisms of the times was fantastic.

My only complaint (and it's a personal pet peeve) is that there is a birth scene that is wholly unbelievable (and I say that as someone who has worked with birthing individuals for years). It occurs at the beginning of the book and made me slightly worried that I wasn't going to like the story, but after that one part, it was all uphill.

I had this book on my TBR list for a long time, and I wish I'd read it sooner!
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Padmashree kv
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Reviewed in India on July 16, 2020
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I don’t know how to express my feeling after reading this book. 😭😭 of there is any starts above 5 . I would rate this book with it .
It’s that awesome. ❤️
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Laura Machado
5.0 out of 5 stars Simplesmente excelente
Reviewed in Brazil on April 9, 2018
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Esse é um dos livros mais inteligentes, complexos e divertidos que já li na minha vida! Eu tinha as maiores expectativas para ele, depois de uma sinopse super intrigante e de ser sobre meu tema favorito (viagem no tempo). Achava que o livro seria sobre ladrões inconsequentes e que a história seria divertida, mas nunca poderia imaginar que seria uma ideia tão complexa e brilhante, que a autora conseguiria juntar mais ramificações do que só a questão de viagem no tempo (que, vamos admitir, é complicada sozinha). Este livro é simplesmente excelente.

Aliás, tudo nele é excelente. Os personagens estão entre os melhores que eu já encontrei, são diversificados, únicos e complexos em si mesmos. Minha favorita é a Imogen, mas, para ser honesta, todos os outros são tão sólidos e bem construídos, que até os "ruins" são ótimos. É incrível para mim pensar que a autora conseguiu juntar em um livro só pelo menos cinco personagens com tanta profundidade e desenvolvimento. Eu nem sabia que isso era possível! E uma das melhores partes dos personagens é que a narrativa, na terceira pessoa, pelo ponto de vista de cada um é extremamente característica. Fiquei abismada com o quanto a autora conseguiu distinguir os personagens!

A escrita é outra coisa excelente do livro. Eu já tinha visto críticas para a escrita da autora em outro livro, que diziam que ela às vezes tentava deixar tudo tão poético que perdia o sentido e ficava forçado. Nesse livro, dá para ver que ela usa, sim, metáforas mais poéticas de vez em quando, mas não é exagerado e fez tudo ficar ainda mais emocionante. Eu especialmente gostei do jeito que ela brincou com as palavras, me dando vontade de guardar quase todas suas frases para mim.

Mas o enredo foi o que mais me impressionou. Personagens reais e escrita excelente eram já parte das minhas expectativas para o livro, mas não havia meios de eu conseguir ao menos imaginar o que me esperava nessa história. É tão complexo e profundo, que talvez alguns leitores não consigam acompanhar ou precisem reler algumas partes. Eu mesma já tinha lido outros livros com temas parecidos e consegui pelo menos ir comparando e me situando. Não tem como não ficar impressionado com a quantidade de capricho que a autora claramente colocou nesse livro para criar esse enredo e desenvolvimento com tantos detalhes e tantos conflitos.

Eu queria poder falar mais, mas uma boa parte da beleza desse livro é você ir construindo tudo com cuidado, sentindo no começo que está completamente no escuro, com uma super descoberta a centímetros de seu alcance, quando tudo que você pode fazer é juntar as migalhas de pistas que a autora deixa sutilmente pela narração. Você só descobre mesmo a imensidão de tudo depois da metade, só vê as peças anteriores começando a fazer sentido aí, e não tem como não ficar impressionado e aflito. Foi um dos clímax que mais me deixaram ansiosa e sem palavras. Esse livro é brilhante. Já falei? Quero me levantar agora e bater palmas até conseguir superar essa maravilha que entrou na minha vida. Não sou digna, haha!

E é tudo que eu posso dizer se não quiser dar spoilers. Todo mundo deveria ler esse livro, todas as editoras do Brasil deveriam estar loucas para publicar uma tradução. Se você se interessou pela sinopse, corre para ler, porque vai ser uma leitura de mudar sua vida! Mas se prepare para amar os personagens e um panda vermelho, para rir das interações deles, para chorar com alguns momentos também, ficar abismado com a sensação de estar realmente em Roma, no Titanic e em outros lugares épicos e para mudar todas as suas definições de tempo.
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Jay Kenobi
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolutely thrilling ride through space and time.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2018
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As soon as I finish a book I make some notes, since I don’t always write my review immediately. My opening note for Invictus is simply “O. M. G.”! This book is both engrossing and exhilarating. Ryan Graudin not only perfectly creates multiple worlds, but weaves complex threads throughout them. I was as gripped by the characters as by the plot itself.

The time machine hops between numerous locations and epochs: ancient Rome, the Titanic, Las Vegas, ancient Egypt, the year 2371: each is as riveting as the last. The settings seem accurately depicted and are immersive.

Eliot is mysterious and enigmatic, yet has moments of vulnerability that soften her outward harshness. Her eyes help us see the rest of the crew more clearly. Farway is at times frustrating, but is enriched by his relationship with Priya. Priya represents the ‘love interest’ but has great strength and compassion. Gram is an adorable nerd, whilst Imogen is as bold and vibrant as her hair chalks. The characters do represent certain stereotypes, yet they are far from 2-dimensional. They are all well written, with depth and complexity and I frankly longed to be in the time machine along with them.

An absolutely thrilling ride through space and time.
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Sassy Brit
5.0 out of 5 stars 'The Future's Hope is in the Past'
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2020
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Invictus Paperback – by Ryan Graudin is a race against time book. Especially, when Farway McCarthy (Far) was born 'outside' of time. When he comes across Eliot, who is brash, (but turns out to be quite vulnerable), he is immediately suspicious, especially as she has knowledge that can bring to light his time travelling tendencies. What to do? If he is to survive, along with everything he knows - trust her - he must. Has some great characters; Priya the 'love interest' helps to sweeten Far's attitude, which can be a bit frustrating at times. Gram is so nerdy, and Imogen is just so colourfully 'out there'. It's a great, well-written story, with a lot of in-depth characterisation, super world-building, with lots of time-travelling fun. Oh, and I love the tagline - 'The Future's Hope is in the Past'. Really fitting.
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Paul Tapner
5.0 out of 5 stars The boy from beyond time
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2017
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This is a science fiction novel for young adult readers. Recommended reading age would be fourteen and up. Since it does have some mild adult moments. Violence. And a plot involving time travel so it is a very involved narrative at times.

It's a very unusual book for this genre. Because it's not part of a series or a trilogy. It's a complete and self contained story in one volume.

It runs for four hundred and fifty four pages. It has a prologue. Four parts. An epilogue. And is further divided into fifty two chapters.

The main character is a young man called Farway Mccarthy. He comes from the future, when time travel has long since been discovered. When people will roam the past to film it for hungry audiences in the present. And stop any illicit or dangerous activity.

The circumstances of his birth make him rather special. Life though doesnt turn out as he expected. Which leads him to become Captain of a time travel vessel, with a crew of three others, that goes on very dangerous missions.

Then he meets Eliot. A mysterious girl who gets onto his ship. Who needs his help and needs his trust. But can't tell him why. But if he can't work with her, then everyone and everything might be in grave danger...

There's a lot of set up in here to begin with. Starting with the prologue, where you learn how Farway was born. There's a point in the prologue where it suddenly grabs you, by being able to make you emotionally invested in what happens.

Part one of the book, where the main narrative then kicks in, also has a lot of set up to do. But the pages turn quite nicely during all this, thanks to some clear and readable prose.

It does feel early on like a four star book. Something that's perfectly good but not exceptional enough to be really great. But that's deceptive, because this is a book that knows where it's going right from the off. By the time the plot has really kicked in, revealed all it's surprises, and really got going, at the start of part three, it really will have you hooked and desperate to see what happens.

Through all of part two it does steadily intrigue with some clever little moments that don't seem important initially but will in due course, and it also steadily invests your interest in the characters. The small number of those allows for them to have good interaction and appealing chemistry, so you do care about how it works out for them.

So once this is all in place, there's a great deal of narrative tension and threat to be deal with, making it a real page turner.

Part four, where it resolves all this, does lose a bit of the pace and drive though. As it has to jump about through multiple viewpoints.

But then the book rallies for a decent epilogue, which has enough emotional punch to it to make it stick with you for a while after.

A very good bit of science fiction and good character drama with it. Well worth a read. If you're fourteen. Or older.
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