Eleven Elements: Healing Waters by Robby Joshi follows a covert team sent from the year 2532 to 2025, after historians figure out that a missing manuscript erased the foundation of their civilization. Led by Commander Max Renner, the team arrives through largely experimental time transport disguised as ordinary vehicles, only to suffer fatal system failures that expose their presence and scatter the critical technology. As local authorities close in and rival forces from the future pursue their own agendas, Max identifies a single priority: locate and secure Healing Waters, the first volume of a philosophical work whose publication determines whether the future exists at all. Operating under false identities, the team infiltrates academic circles, medical offices, and federal investigations while assembling fragments of a text that must be preserved before history destabilizes beyond recovery.

Eleven Elements: Healing Waters by Robby Joshi is a unique time-travel novel that is intelligently written and immersive, where we see history actually being edited in real time. There are a number of characters operating around and against Max, and each is fleshed out. Katrina Patilova is a favorite, especially as a strong, intelligent woman in a genre usually dominated by male characters. There is a genuine philosophical undercurrent that morphs into action as DeWine weighs family duty against the danger of releasing the Manifesto of Eleven Elements into a world eager to buy it. Joshi ratchets up the pressure by not only having contemporary agents and agencies after Max and the team, but also a rival mission by Artificial Autonomous Intelligent Life Forms arrives. With settings that feel cinematic and characters you really want to root for, this is an excellent first installment in an ambitious new series.

Time travelers from the future return to 2025 to ensure their timeline’s existence in the compelling science-fiction novel, Eleven Elements (Book One: Healing Waters) by Robby Joshi. Max and his crew travel from the twenty-sixth century to Florida in the autumn of 2025. Their assignment is to find Joshua Dewine, the man who created the Manifesto that guides and protects their world. Regrettably, one-third of their crew is unexpectedly killed on an open highway upon their arrival. Now the local and federal authorities consider them terrorists and are looking for them. Their operation is at risk, and the task of ensuring Joshua creates the Manifesto has become exceedingly more difficult. As they navigate the pitfalls of the twenty-first century, an unknown enemy is working behind the scenes to impede their mission. When disaster strikes, and it looks like the mission is doomed to fail, they must find help. If Joshua can’t complete the Manifesto, will they cease to exist?

Very well written, Eleven Elements is fast-paced, and the characters are relatable. It is a thrilling story filled with twists and turns that will satisfy everyone who loves exciting sci-fi novels with intense action. However, it comes with a dire message. Joshi reveals how mankind is wasting our resources and destroying Earth. He emphasizes how everyone needs to take responsibility for our planet. This first book in the series displays the importance and necessity of water in our world. Robby Joshi also does an incredible job of portraying the spiritual journey of one of the central characters, Joshua DeWine, who appears to possess extraordinary gifts. I loved the story and am looking forward to reading the remaining books in the series.

Healing Waters is the first book in the Eleven Elements series by Robby Joshi. Earth is a perfect place to be now. There are no wars. There is no poverty. People enjoy freedom and abundance. But something threatens to disrupt this utopia, and the only answer is from an author in the twenty-first century. So, Commander Maxilon Renner and his team are sent there to find the legendary author Joshua DeWine, whose writings have been the foundation of the utopia in the future. But when they arrive, they are confronted with more problems than they anticipated. Federal authorities consider DeWine to be a threat, and foreign operatives have a target on his back. Now he has vanished, and his unpublished works are scattered. The team must find him as the stakes grow higher and time runs out; otherwise, the only connection to the future will be destroyed.

Healing Waters presents a well-thought-out plot, a premise that excites the imagination, and a conflict that, though unbelievable, feels real. What fascinated me most was the concept behind this book. Robby Joshi creates an enigma around an author and his work, and makes him the center of an existential threat. I wanted to know more about DeWine, and I kept turning the pages to find out what happens to him. The author skillfully creates an immersive world in which ideologies collide, exploring political themes, posing scientific questions that make readers think, and infusing the story with a spiritual energy that arrests the mind. A wonderful book for readers who enjoy futuristic science fiction.

Healing Waters introduces the Eleven Elements series by Robby Joshi, and it vividly paints a picture of a world five centuries from now that is everything humanity desires: prosperity, peace, abundance, and equal opportunity. It is the world inspired by the work of a gifted twenty-first-century writer, Joshua DeWine. But the harmony and everything this world holds dear is threatened by a powerful force, and the only way to stop it from fracturing is to go to the source that inspired it. So, Commander Maxilon Renner is sent to the twenty-first century with his team to find the writer because only he can help save humanity. But on their arrival, the writer has disappeared. The federal authorities see him as a threat, and foreign powers are also targeting him. Can they find him quickly enough and gather his scattered work before it’s too late?

Healing Waters is an absorbing read, and the futuristic elements are so well handled that they make it feel real. It is the kind of story that shows what the future can be and what can go wrong. The characters are rock-solid, and I enjoyed following Maxilon and getting sucked into the mystery surrounding the writer’s disappearance. The suspense mounts as the commander and his team follow clues. There is a lot of intrigue in the story, and the plotting is stellar. Robby Joshi delivers captivating descriptions, from the enviable future world to the political challenges of the twenty-first century. The setting gave me a strong sense of place and time, but what kept me turning the pages was the excellent prose filled with sparkling dialogue and the compelling plot points.