More Than Time by Alex Newman

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More Than Time

by Alex Newman

Why we picked it

A strong fit for readers who like big-idea science fiction grounded in human relationships. It pairs cosmic stakes with thoughtful questions about love, identity, freedom, and the limits of protection.

About this book

In this concluding volume of The Consent Chronicles, Alex Newman brings the series to a deeply personal finish against a vast science fiction backdrop. A woman insists on her freedom to go, and a man follows her into a reality where bodies can be reshaped, memories removed, and even physical space no longer behaves in expected ways.

As an unseen fleet readies its advance and whole star systems weigh protection against submission, the story stretches from interstellar conflict to forces beyond ordinary existence. Yet its central concern stays intimate: who gets to decide what another person should become? Newman explores love, safety, memory, identity, and autonomy, asking how care can blur into control when the past can be kept and the self can be altered. This is Book 3; readers should begin with More Than the Past and More Than Power.

The vibe

Identity and autonomyReality-bending sci-fiIntimate ethical stakesInterstellar conflictLove versus control

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Author
Alex Newman
Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Published
September 17, 2026
Publisher
Independently published
Pages
504
Reading time
About 10 hours
ISBN
9798174932821

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For your book club

  1. How does the premise complicate the idea of consent in love and care?
  2. What makes autonomy feel fragile in a world of altered bodies and memories?
  3. How do intimate relationship stakes change your view of the larger conflict?
  4. Where is the line between protection and submission in the description’s world?
  5. Why might memory and identity be so tightly linked in this story?

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