Fabulous reads – Fates collide in action-packed novel

The Clock Keeper, Melissa Delport, e-book

CLARKE Kennedy is one of the last living members of one of the seven powerful families charged with safeguarding time.

Since time immemorial, these seven families have protected time and within their bloodlines and one person is selected every decade to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Clarke’s sister, Anna, is sworn in is as a Clock Keeper by the Tempus Guild.

During her short stint in the crucial role, she commits an atrocity that has dire consequences for Clarke and their mutual friend, Fletcher.

As mortals, Clarke and Fletcher were the closest of friends, but now, as immortals, they are sworn enemies. She and the Guild have hunted him for a century but Fletcher has always been one step ahead, avoiding their grasp like a shadow.

If you are familiar with Melissa’s previous work, The Legacy Trilogy, The Guardians of Summerfeld series and Rainfall, you will notice the mix of genres (romance, fantasy and fiction) in this book that merge in a spectacular way to form a read that is best described as ‘unputdownable’.

Key elements of the plot are worked in at various points in the book, giving you the right amount of information to keep you sated but intrigued enough to still be hooked.

Clarke is quite unlike any other character written by Delport. She is imperfect, a thief and isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty to reach her end goal.

If there is one book that needs to be moved to the top of your e-book reading pile, it is this novel.