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From the award-winning author D. L. ORTON comes book two in the Between Two Evils Series...

If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back?

When a faulty time machine deposits Diego at the top of a towering evergreen, he knows he's in the wrong place—but has no idea he's also in the wrong time. Naked and shivering in the primeval forest, he attempts to climb down—but slips, whacks his head on a branch, and tumbles into oblivion.

He awakens inside a darkened room, crippled and disheartened, and must come to grips with the realization that he is marooned in a bleak alternate future. In this universe, what remains of the human race is trapped inside a handful of aging biodomes. With his mission failed, his world destroyed, and the one woman he loves dead, he can find no reason to go on living.

Except Lani, the emotionally scarred doctor who must put Diego's broken body back together, refuses to let him die, and as Diego heals, their relationship becomes... complicated. He struggles to let go of the past but is unable to get Isabel out of his head—or his heart. Just when it seems he may be able to find some measure of happiness in a world teetering on the edge of extinction...

Another note arrives from his past: Isabel is alive—but not for long. Find the time machine, and go home before it's too late...


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Embark on a captivating journey through time, where love transcends boundaries, and the past intertwines with the future. Discover a world where the impossible becomes reality, individual choices matter, and the power of relationships reins supreme.

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With a talent for blending science fiction, suspense, and compelling characters, Orton crafts gripping narratives that explore love, fate, and the boundaries of time. A Publishers Weekly Great Indie Star and multi-award winner, she is celebrated for her sharp wit, rich storytelling, and bold prose.

When not wrangling words, she can be found walking her dog on the beach, playing tennis, practicing Chopin, or rewatching Star Trek and *MASH* episodes for “research.”

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From the USA Best Book Award-Winning Author D. L. Orton comes book two in the Between Two Evils series.
Here's what readers had to say about Crossing In Time, the series opener: "Engaging, funny, romantic, and harrowing."
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"Well written and deftly crafted."
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"The best of the best."
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Lost Time, the second book in the Between Two Evils series, is an action-packed work of cross-genre fiction (because if I said it's non-fiction you wouldn't believe me. See how difficult this is going to be?)
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Ms. Orton is a graduate of Stanford University's Writers Workshop and has received numerous literary awards including two Indie Book Awards, the BookLife Prize in Fiction, a USA Best Book Award, and an International Book Award. She was recently shortlisted for the Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize and was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of "The Best of the Best" Indie authors.

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Customers appreciate the book's storytelling style, particularly its slight twist on the typical time-travel genre, and find the characters interesting, with one customer noting the parallel but different personalities. The book is well-written and thoroughly enjoyable, with one customer mentioning it kept them reading late into the night. The time travel elements receive mixed reactions, with several customers noting that no actual time travel occurs in the story.

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19 customers mention "Storytelling style"17 positive2 negative

Customers appreciate the storytelling style of the book, particularly its great narrative across time and slight twist on the typical time-travel genre.

"...The world created is pretty immersive and believable...." Read more

"...But still, I mostly enjoyed the story, the world, & the new characters we did meet; I didn't love the cliffhanger ending, and there is a twist..." Read more

"This time travel tale is one of the most interesting sci-fi stories I've read, and could not put it down until I reached the end of Book 2...." Read more

"The author is a master at changing POV and maintaining multiple timelines...." Read more

12 customers mention "Character development"12 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, finding them interesting, with one customer particularly noting the parallel but different personalities of the new and old characters.

"...But still, I mostly enjoyed the story, the world, & the new characters we did meet; I didn't love the cliffhanger ending, and there is a twist..." Read more

"I loved all three books. Really kept me engaged with the characters. Then I couldn't find the next book. That was disappointing...." Read more

"...The cliffhanger ending was also a good one. The characters were believable and well-developed and each had their own story line, with the..." Read more

"...better for this book over the first, I especially liked the parallel but different personalities. Looking forward to book 3!" Read more

10 customers mention "Enjoyment"10 positive0 negative

Customers thoroughly enjoyed the book, with one mentioning it kept them reading into the night.

"...Her second book in the series was enjoyable and I was waiting for Iz to appear. I miss the romance in this one, though...." Read more

"...It was an enjoyable, quick read, I liked how Shannon always messed up her slang, but there was no time travel in this book...." Read more

"Kept me reading way into the night. Time jumping can be confusing tho...." Read more

"Stumbled upon this author/book & thoroughly enjoyed the read. Not a huge sci-fi fan. But, now a DLOrton fan. Thanks." Read more

10 customers mention "Readability"10 positive0 negative

Customers find the book very well written and easy to read, with one customer noting the author's skill in changing points of view.

"...It is very well written. I will have to go get book 1 to see the time traveling, and then go on to book 3 to see how it all ends" Read more

"Hopefully this world will never happen here! Gave me chills! Well written, easy to follow. Got to get the next ones." Read more

"The author is a master at changing POV and maintaining multiple timelines...." Read more

"...It was an enjoyable, quick read, I liked how Shannon always messed up her slang, but there was no time travel in this book...." Read more

6 customers mention "Time travel"3 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the time travel elements in the book, with several noting that no actual time travel occurs, while one customer appreciates the fast pace.

"I am fairly pleased with Lost Time. When I originally picked it up, I was expecting the focus to be a bit more on the time travel/fantasy aspect...." Read more

"...how Shannon always messed up her slang, but there was no time travel in this book. It's talked about a lot, but no actual time travel happens...." Read more

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  • Stacy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016
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    I am fairly pleased with Lost Time. When I originally picked it up, I was expecting the focus to be a bit more on the time travel/fantasy aspect. It is sort of heavy on the romance aspect, which I wasn't expecting. However, I do see that this is book 2 of 3. Since the beginning of this book is his time machine being faulty, I assume the first book of the series focuses more heavily on the time travel aspect. If so, then this is a natural arch. The glue between the two books, between time travel and saving his lost (or soon to be lost) love or deciding not to. The world created is pretty immersive and believable. What really hooked me was the writing when Diego is injured, and the sincerity that was his hopelessness upon finding himself stranded in a world he doesn't know. It is very well written. I will have to go get book 1 to see the time traveling, and then go on to book 3 to see how it all ends
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  • Keith Moser
    4.0 out of 5 stars Nice story; good new characters; cliffhanger ending. Bring on Book #3!!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2016
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    ***DISCLAIMER - I'm one of DL Orton's proofreaders, so I received a (free) pre-publication e-copy of this novel to proof. However, I am also buying the e-book just to see how it changes (if at all) and to check out if the chapters still have those little drawings like the first book had***

    Was excited at the end of Crossing in Time to see how our heroes—Isabel, Diego, & Matt—would fare when the time machine malfunctioned and Diego was sent who knows when but Tego was in the past with young Iz (possibly being helped by an older Diego). Unfortunately, when you write a series of books about time travelers and the end of the world and parallel universes, you can't exactly follow every single thread—there are just too many balls in the air.

    Lost Time follows Diego as he travels to another world/another time and Earth Prime (the one we spent most of CiT in) is all but forgotten. Diego is on another Earth some twenty years into the future—a world ravaged by the Doomsday Plague he was supposed to prevent (if the time machine hadn't sent him to the wrong place and time). Most of the world's population has perished, with only a small fraction living among dozens of biodomes built around the globe.

    Orton keeps the same writing pattern she built in CiT—alternating narrators chapter by chapter. But since we don't have Isabel and Matt to guide us any more, we're introduced to Lani & Shannon who each take every third chapter or so. (Small world alarm—Lani is actually a character we met in the first few chapters of CiT & Shannon, her daughter)

    Shannon & Lani live in the Bub—a biodome in Colorado that's kept a few dozen (or hundred?) people alive for the twenty years since Doomsday mutated and nearly destroyed humanity. Lani is the de facto doctor who patches up Diego (whom many call "Mystery Man" due to his sudden (naked!) appearance Outside where the virus exists and no one survives) & Shannon is attempting to solve their bulky biosuit dilemma by finding a more streamlined method to travel Outside (and not die).

    There are a few chapters where Diego keeps the truth of his situation a secret, trying to figure out where/when he his. Eventually Lani & Diego open up to one another, sharing all (most?) of their dark secrets. Diego mourns for his Isabel, but without an Einstein Sphere or Magic Kingdom, his chances of ever seeing her again are practically zero—so a romance develops between the two. But not until after 17-year-old Shannon puts the moves on Diego (after all, somebody's got to try to repopulate the world, and since Shannon was the one who first found Mystery Man outside, she's basically got dibs).

    Orton has scaled back a bit on the "adult" writing that seemed to come out of left field in the last quarter of CiT, but there is still some passion here and there. Whether it's young, immature Shannon talking about Diego's "boy parts" or some magazine's "hunks in the buff" or Diego worrying about his little "Gus" and the "tent" Gus sometimes makes when he gets excited, there's some writing that's a little NSFW. And yet—I don't know exactly how to put this—a lot of the innuendo seems almost PG-13. I don't know—I haven't read much erotica/Harlequin/risqué material but sometimes it just felt a little awkward—like maybe Orton wants to write more of those scenes, but is holding back?

    The book is probably about half as long as CiT (25 chapters vs 50+) and I imagine it could work as a standalone novel. It's hard for me to say that with certainty having read both in the series, but I feel like this story works well on its own (although it is definitely enriched by knowing what's come before it). My main complaint (and reason for 4* instead of 5*) is that as a standalone novel it doesn't do very well standing alone. It's very reliant on Book 3 in the series as it basically ends with a cliffhanger.

    There is a nice preview of Book 3 (yet to be named in my pre-proofreading copy) to give you some insight into what happens, but still. It may be unfair, but I like to compare books in series to Harry Potter—there was definitely a 7-book arc that JK Rowling had in mind and told over the entire series, but each individual book had its own smaller arc with a nice beginning, middle, and end. Lost Time sort of lacks an Act Three, as it were; there's definitely a nice introduction with some set up and just enough exposition; there's some good obstacles and mini climaxes and even a twist or two; but the second to last chapter has a huge crisis/disaster/climax and there's no real resolution or denouement.

    Now, maybe that's smart writing for an indie writer trying to break out. I know I'll be waiting for Book 3 to come out (even if she doesn't rehire me as a proofreader) to find out more about what happened! But it still feels like, by itself, I can't give this book 5*.

    Also, for spending a good 3/4 of the book inside the Bub, I couldn't name you more than 2 or 3 other characters within the biodome. I like the world & history Orton is creating (I hope she has the entire series outlined out and this isn't like Lost where there's no known ending yet) but I feel there's definitely a lack of in-world building here. It may have been mentioned, but I couldn't tell you if the Bub held a few dozen or a few hundred people because we only interacted with 4 of them regularly (Diego, Lani, Shannon, and a pilot, Madders) with about 3 other side characters who occasionally popped up. For such a tiny place, I would have expected many more people trying to get to know this Mystery Man, but he never really met anyone else.

    But still, I mostly enjoyed the story, the world, & the new characters we did meet; I didn't love the cliffhanger ending, and there is a twist hinted at (revealed?) in Chapter 16 (and discussed more in Chapter 19—no spoilers here) that felt a little too gimmicky—like a twist for twist's sake. Another big twist (one I called back around Chapter 7) that doesn't actually get revealed until the Book 3 preview chapter—that one felt more believable.

    The book reminded me of The Walking Dead meets Under the Dome (without the deep cast of characters) meets The Andromeda Strain meets Lolita (due to flirtatious Shannon).
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  • L. Rochocki
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
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    I loved all three books. Really kept me engaged with the characters. Then I couldn't find the next book. That was disappointing. I will give 5 stars to the first three anyway.
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  • gabyW
    5.0 out of 5 stars An enthralling sci-fi adventure into time travel
    Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2022
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    This time travel tale is one of the most interesting sci-fi stories I've read, and could not put it down until I reached the end of Book 2. I now am eagerly anticipating purchasing the third volume of the trilogy.
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  • Leigh E.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Scary future
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2023
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    Hopefully this world will never happen here! Gave me chills! Well written, easy to follow. Got to get the next ones.
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  • Robin Surface
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great read with promising next book in the series
    Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016
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    I bought this book before I realized it was the second in a series, but decided to go ahead with it without getting the first book. I was pleased to find I didn't need to read book 1 to enjoy book 2, though I'm sure it would make things even better to read them in order.

    This book kind of has it all - time travel, romance, apocalyptic survivors, etc. The characters are interesting and the pace of the book is fast. I was disappointed when I got to the end of the book, only because I wasn't ready to stop reading! The cliffhanger ending was also a good one.

    The characters were believable and well-developed and each had their own story line, with the potential for more development of each.

    I really enjoyed this story and look forward to reading book 3.
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  • M. Doherty
    5.0 out of 5 stars Even better than book 1 (but the ending?!)
    Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2019
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    I don’t want to give anything away so all I will say is I really liked this book (though the end was unexpected and a bit abrupt, especially when reading on a kindle); the character development and story continuity were even better for this book over the first, I especially liked the parallel but different personalities. Looking forward to book 3!
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  • Jenn
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good follow up book to the first book in the series, 3.5 stars
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2016
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    The author is a master at changing POV and maintaining multiple timelines. Her second book in the series was enjoyable and I was waiting for Iz to appear. I miss the romance in this one, though. This book is best read in series order to understand all of the story.
    I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book so I would give an honest review.
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  • AmyJaneandCo
    5.0 out of 5 stars A solid follow-up in the series
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2016
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    I have been reading Lost Time by D.L. Orton, book two in the Between Two Evils series (FYI: 5 books…. There are 5 books! So excited). Again I want to thank the author for donating me a copy of this book in exchange for a review, and also because she knows how much in love I am with her characters!

    If you haven’t read the first book, please look away now. I am going to try and avoid major spoilers, but there are some little ones.

    So we left book one with Izzy ‘rescued’(oh please let her be safe) and Diego having gone back to save Izzy. Diego has now turned up in a different universe, where the biodomes have been built by David Kirk, David Kirkland’s alter person. We get to meet some new characters including Shannon and her mother Lari. Lari is the alter of one of the looters from the first book, and Shannon’s mentor is Madders (Matt) who is the alter of Picasso. This means that there is a lot more room for story because we already know what Picasso is like! The Doomsday events have eradicated most of humanity (around 40,000 people have survived) and the outside air is too contaminated to breathe, unless you are Diego. Diego has to convince his rescuers that he is not crazy, and that his story is real and he knows things about them because he has met them before. The book ends with Diego and Matt crossing the country to show David that Diego is immune from the virus outside but they are going to encounter disasters, religious fanatics and alligators. Oh my!

    David in this book is as a big a –bleep- as in the first one. He has an affair with Lari, pays for her apartment, education, abuses her and gets her pregnant before deserting her. Lari was in love with him, but she has now convinced herself that she swapped sex for life in the dome. Poor thing. Another damaged female character, written with only the care and shaping that a woman writer could bring. She is not an item of pity, she is a survivor in more ways than one and she has a strong beautiful daughter to bring up. I was not as much on her side as I am Izzy (oh please let her be safe) - I might even get a “Team Izzy” t-shirt made - but I do care about her, and I hope that she finds the happiness she deserves. Her heart is in the right place and she has a good head on her shoulders.

    I didn’t really connect with Shannon however, but I respected her for the way she is trying to make the world a better place, and for figuring out solutions to the problems she sees. I think the problem for me is not that she is 16, but that she is naïve? Not quite the right word but, she gets her words mixed up (limbo instead of bimbo, Lassie instead of collie) and that annoys me. I know it is to indicate how much the world is changed and how isolated they are in their domes but it created distance for me.

    A really good mechanism is that there appears to be a shell for each universe we discover, and so far we have 4 shells. We know of three universes (the original one, the Tego one, and Diego’s current one) which makes me wonder if the fourth one is where Izzy is (oh please let her be safe)? The characters are not hard to follow and we have the same point of view chapters as we did before. I missed Izzy (OPLHBS) in this book, but I understand it would have been even more confusing if we had multiple Diego’s. I didn’t notice the absence of the steamy scenes, but for me that is because Diego and Izzy (OPLHBS) are soul mates and any action should be between them only. I don’t want to hear about them having sex with anyone else thank you very much!

    The characters are still animal lovers, and this makes me connect with them more. I am totally with these characters heart and soul. They have infected my brain and I need the next book to be out now because if I don’t find out what happens then I will sulk and pout and be a general nuisance. I am just going to have to keep re-reading the books and falling deeper in love. Sigh.
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  • Val Macdonald
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing post apocalypse Sci Fi, a great summer read
    Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2016
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    Lost Time begins to follow the story of Diego who was accidentally sent to the wrong time in the first book, Crossing in Time. It is an entertaining read, especially if you like time travel, parallel universe or post apocalyptic stories. I liked getting to know the new characters but can't wait to find out how Diego gets back to Isabel.

    I don't normally start reading books that ar part of a series unless the whole collection has been published, but I didn't realize that Crossing in
    Time was the first of 5 when I picked it up from my library. So my only criticism of this book is that it leaves you hanging quite abruptly and you have to wait to find out what happens next.
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  • Lynn Worton
    4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Read!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2017
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    This is the second book in the Between Two Evils series. I enjoyed this book more than the first one.

    Diego is a fantastic character. I really liked him. He is kind and loving. There is a lot of cheesy/pun-y dialogue by him that had me rolling my eyes at times, but its all part of his charm. When the time machine (from book 1) malfunctions, he finds himself trapped eighteen years in the future. This future/parallel world has been devastated by a terrible event and the survivors are living in biodomes created by David Kirk (who is known as Dave Kirkland where Diego originally comes from). Will Diego find a way to get home to Isabel, or will he be trapped in this alternate universe forever?

    This story is a lot less complicated than the first book and is based purely in the alternate world where Diego finds himself. The story is told mostly through the eyes of Diego, though other characters have their say too, mostly Lani, the unofficial doctor in the biodome (called affectionately the Bub by its inhabitants) and her seventeen year old daughter Shannon. These two characters play a major role in this story and I liked them both. A lot. They have a warmth about them that made them come alive, not to mention they are both stubborn and opinionated. There are also other characters that are introduced and give the story an interesting twist. One of them is Madders, a pilot who is a father figure to Shannon and encourages her to follow her dream of being an engineer. He doesn't actually make an appearance until late into the story but he too has a major role in this tale.

    This book is action packed and took me on a wild roller coaster ride of emotion. There is even a hint of romance, and I found myself hoping that Diego and Lani would get together. However, his heart still belongs to Isabel. Diego struggles with his new reality and is determined to find a way to get home to her. I did find some of the story repetitive plot-wise to book one, which annoyed me, even though the scenes were completely different. I suppose this is the problem with time travel type stories, where the plot follows the same line even if events happen in a different way. The story does end on an exciting if somewhat heartbreaking climax and it left me in tears. Although not exactly a cliffhanger, it definitely made me eager to find out what happens next. I am now looking forward to reading the third book, Dead Time, as soon as possible.

    DL Orton has written an intriguing time travel romance. I enjoyed her writing style, which is not as fast paced as some other authors I've read but it still had me turning the pages. The flow of the story is a lot smoother than the first book and this made it a more pleasurable read. I would definitely read more of her books in the future.

    There are no scenes of an explicit nature, although there is mention of sexual activity. Having said that, I do not recommend this book to younger readers (under 16) due to the nature of the story. However, I do recommend this book if you love dystopian or time travel romances. - Lynn Worton
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Lost Time D L Orton
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2017
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    The saga continues, another great book in the series where Diego has landed in an alternative universe 20 years later. Armageddon has occurred and people are living in Biomes unable to go outside without Biosuits. Non stop action again as the story progresses
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  • Inishowen Cailin
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2016
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    Having read the first book in the series I was excited to read more. Lost in Time is much shorter and less confusing than book 1 as the characters are well established by book 2 and there is less scienctific mumbo jumbo. I also had a good idea of where the story was going. I was somewhat disappointed in Diego in this story and felt that even though he had travelled twenty years into the future his heart should have been firmly placed with Isabel in the past.
    I wasn't expecting the book to end as suddenly and at such a dramatic point. It left me with many questions and a strong desire to go download the next book to see what happens next.
    Between Two Evils is turning out to be a highly addictive read.
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