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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
In Future In Doubt by Daniel Magill, Essie and Jonah encounter a man who warns of global disasters and drops a mysterious device before dying. Essie, troubled by this, resigns from her job to investigate potential threats related to Earth's magnetic field, enlisting Dr. Tobin Deardorf and Mason Flynt for assistance. Her website on geomagnetic issues garners massive attention but also criticism from Jonah and his boss, Randolph, who threatens Jonah with an ultimatum. As Essie faces personal and professional fallout, including online ridicule, sabotage, and betrayal, she learns a plan may really be in play to alter Earth's core, and who is behind it. Forced into hiding, Essie continues her research in isolation, looking into a time-travel connection involving a blood sample, reigniting her online presence and striving to warn the public, and gain official support, over a prophetic disaster with a looming date: June 20, 2026.
Daniel Magill has a lot of different plates spinning in his novel Future In Doubt, but does incredibly well in making sure none of them are toppled prematurely. What I love most is that we do not definitely know as readers if Essie is right on the earthquake prophecy, and Magill takes us along for a prepper's dream ride as she dives headfirst into it. We know what is happening with Jonah and some of what Randolph is up to, but it's always a click or two behind any revelation—with excellent twists served up even after. There are some legitimate scumbags in the story and Essie is completely on her own, building her up as a persistent and strong female protagonist. Magill has a handle on what relationship fallout looks like and, better still, how relationships might be rebuilt. The writing is clean and tight, and the entire time-travel element is very creative. There are multiple avenues for offshoots...and I'm here for them. Very highly recommended.
