The novel “Alternative Timelines” by Annalee Newitz has received many awards and nominations for its thrilling story about time travel, murders, and protecting loved ones. Seventeen-year-old Beth is pulled into a dangerous situation after she helps her friends get rid of the body of a rapist. Thirty years later, professional time traveler Tess faces a dangerous group that wants to stop her activity at any cost. The lives of Beth and Tess intertwine across time when a war erupts on the timeline—one that threatens to destroy the possibility of time travel.