#ADGIFTED all thoughts and opinions are my own

Hive (Madders of Time #1) by D.L. Orton
Ultimate Blog Tour

Book Info
Genre: Science Fiction
Age Category: Adult
Number of Pages: 350 Pages
Publication Date: May 6, 2025
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222567665-hive
Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/92ec58c7-fbb5-45cf-b7ab-23c42ea9f4e9
Amazon: https://a.co/d/bnN8PN1 (Canada) https://a.co/d/7AiywJA (USA)
https://amzn.eu/d/1P5EFIe (UK)

Blurb
What if saving the future meant rewriting the past?
In a dying world overrun by microdrones, humanity’s last survivors cling to life inside the
Eden-17 biodome. Isabelle Sanborn knows her time is running out, but one desperate plan
might give humanity a second chance. With the help of Madders, an enigmatic AI built from
the memories of a brilliant physicist, Isabelle sends Diego Nadales—the love of her life—35
years into the past. His mission? To change the course of history and prevent their world’s
collapse.
When Diego arrives in the vibrant yet fragile Main Timeline, he’s forced to confront ghosts of
the past, including a younger, ambitious version of Isabelle. As he battles to shape a better
future, Diego must navigate a delicate web of relationships and events without destroying
the very fabric of time.
Brimming with suspense, heart-pounding action, and a poignant love story that transcends
time, Madders of Time – Book One is a breathtaking science fiction adventure.
Award-winning author DL Orton weaves a tale that explores sacrifice, resilience, and the
timeless power of love.
Fans of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Dark Matter will find themselves captivated by this
unforgettable journey through parallel worlds and intertwining destinies.
The clock is ticking. Can love survive the collapse of time itself?
Prepare to lose yourself in the first installment of the Madders of Time

About the Author
The BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, D. L. ORTON, lives in the foothills of Colorado where she
and her husband are raising three boys, a golden retriever, two Siberian cats, and an
extremely long-lived Triops. Her future plans include completing the books in the BETWEEN
TWO EVILS series followed by an extended vacation on a remote tropical island (with a
Starbucks).
When she’s not writing, playing tennis, or helping with algebra, she’s building a time machine
so that someone can go back and do the laundry.
Ms. Orton is a graduate of Stanford University’s Writers Workshop and a past editor of “Top
of the Western Staircase,” a literary publication of CU, Boulder. The author has a number of
short stories published in online literary magazines, including Literotica.com, Melusine,
Cosmoetica, The Ranfurly Review, and Catalyst Press.
Her debut novel, CROSSING IN TIME, has won numerous literary awards including an Indie
Book Award and a Publishers Weekly Starred Review. It was also selected as one of only 12
Great Indie Stars by BookLife’s Prize in Fiction.

My Review Sci fi and dystopian and quite close to what our future could be, mad tech men wanting to corrupt something good and use it for profit and risk everyone? Risk the planet, so send someone back in time to stop it ever happening, so like Terminator, 12 monkeys,  so my interest was instantly pipped. The 3 alternate timelines can be hard to follow or get into at first, but stick with it and they all make total sense, and flow immensely well. You will feel every emotion reading this, you’ll even find yourself holding your breath, afraid to breathe. The pace is quick yet elements are slow burning, its wild how the author has managed to achieve that, the perfect blend. Absolutely a 5☆ book. Keeping with a Terminator theme, as Arnie says ” I’ll be back” for the second book as soon as its out.