Book description
Blackout by Connie Willis Review
Time travel has never felt so terrifyingly real. Connie Willis doesn't just write science fiction-she crafts nightmares wrapped in historical tragedy, narrated by voices that echo long after the final chapter.
This isn't your typical academic time-travel adventure. Yes, Oxford's future historians are still bouncing between centuries, but something's gone catastrophically wrong. The time portals are failing, stranding students in the most dangerous moment in human history: World War II's darkest hours.
Michael, Merope, and Polly aren't just researching history anymore-they're drowning in it. While Hitler's bombs rain down on London, these three find themselves trapped in a collapsing timeline where every blackout could be their last. The cheerful chaos Willis usually brings to her time-travel stories has been replaced by genuine terror.
What makes this audiobook utterly gripping isn't just the suspense-it's how Willis forces her characters to confront an unthinkable truth. For decades, they've believed historians can't change the past. Now, watching London burn around them while their equipment fails, that certainty crumbles.
The real horror isn't the Stukas screaming overhead or the rubble crushing familiar streets. It's watching three young scholars realize they might be witnessing history's actual end-with no way home.
Willis has always understood that time travel's greatest paradox is how small human moments become epic in hindsight. Here, she's stripped away everything charming about her previous Oxford adventures. What remains is raw survival, desperate courage, and the awful weight of being present during humanity's most defining catastrophe.
This isn't science fiction anymore. It's a war story where the weapons are temporal, and the casualties include everything we think we know about cause and effect. Listen closely-you might hear history itself screaming.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
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Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience