Sam Batterman

This was a fun book, but the setup felt rushed, and the inclusion of a terrorist plot felt tacked on and unnecessary. That particular plot added absolutely nothing to the story.

Wayback is about time travel based on Nazi experiments. A US research company working with the US military going back in time to see the Biblical Flood because missions to way back before Genesis didn't work. The initial setup, with the scientists being recruited, having the mission explained to them, and the secular show more scientists coming to grasps with a government-funded and backed mission based on proving Biblical events seemed to happen to fast. The plot could have used more antagonism from the main non-Believing scientist.

The descriptions of the the antideluvian world were interesting and it would have been fun for the characters to get to explore that world more, but they arrived at the wrong time for that. (And that wasn't really the point of the book. There are other novels that take the time to explore the pre-Flood world and life in it that are very good, though.)

This is a pro-Biblical, pro-young-Earth, pro-Creation action/science-fiction novel. If you're okay with that (I am), it's a good read. If you're not okay with those topics or points-of-view, give it a try anyway: it's a good book. show less

Wayback is a creationist science fiction novel dealing with time travel as it relates to a young earth. The scientists sending objects and people back in time have discovered that they cannot send anything back farther than around 10,000 B.C. The book then goes on to deal without the flood and verifying events of the Genesis account and especially the flood.

This book is a good what if from a creationist perspective and gives some helpful ideas to point out how the old earth people can be show more misinterpreting the evidence in the same ways they accuse the creationists (and they exercise faith too). The details of working out a pre-flood civilization are well thought out and good to read.

I was disappointed that the author seems to think that big science can't be done without government money (my tax money), and he also seems to hold an overly optimistic view of the necessity of the NSA, CIA, military industrial complex and other entities whose existence is constitutionally questionable at best. This did not overly distract but will get old if he continues this in his future books. This thinking appears to be what added to the book the unnecessary plot element of muslim terrorists trying to go back in time and help the 60s fight against Israel. show less