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Regina Bellows, a smart-mouthed young researcher at the Time Travel Bureau, discovers historical events are being altered without authorization and reluctantly takes on her first field mission: Operate undercover in the Mid-20th Century and gather information on who might be creating the Chronomaly.

When she discovers that the timeline alterations have conspiracy connections at the highest level, she is labeled a threat and is forced to go on the run. Now, marooned in the 20th century, she must gather the few people she can trust and stop the conspirators before they silence her for good.

"An incredible adventure that is impossible to put down." - Tim Kring, Creator of HEROES

"...cleverly complex, almost Escher-like." - Oregon ArtsWatch

"...heartily recommend." - San Francisco Book Review

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Regina Bellows, desk agent at the Time Travel Bureau, researches timeline anomalies caused by reckless time-travelers all from the safety and comfort of her computer terminal.

When she accidentally uncovers a massive "chronomaly" in 1972, she realizes she's stumbled upon a far-reaching conspiracy to start World War III. With no one at the Bureau she can trust but her closest friends, she must go on her first field mission ever where the race is on to find the conspirators before they find her.

She’s undertrained, inexperienced, all alone, and World War III is hanging in the balance.

What could possibly go wrong?

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"One of the best debut novels I've read, and a damn fine time travel story, too . . . A fast-moving, first-rate time travel adventure with unexpected twists and surprises . . . Excellent premise; solid plotting; swift-moving story with lots of unexpected turns and surprises; crisp, clear, confident writing . . . Willett somehow manages to outdo many spy thrillers by keeping the story moving forward even while she ratchets up the tension." 4/5 stars
--SF Signal (read full review here: tinyurl.com/SFSignalReview)

"This was fun. If you're at all a history buff, you really ought to read this . . ..The book was painstakingly researched, and that degree of care is obvious in all elements of the story. The plot keeps you moving at all times . . . For a debut novel, that's impressive. I would heartily recommend giving this one a read." 5/5 stars
--San Francisco Book Review (read full review here: tinyurl.com/sfbookreview)

"The Rewind Files, a first novel by Portland playwright Claire Willett, is probably flying under your radar. It's out of the mainstream of the publishing world. And this is a bad thing, because it's an absolutely stunning debut novel, filled with time travel and a snarky heroine and a perfectly paced storyline with an absolutely logical big reveal at the end that's somehow also a complete surprise . . . Willett handles the intricacies of time travel particularly well, with all the theoretical loops being neatly tied up in the end. I particularly appreciated how each world - be it the modern 2112 or the Washington D.C. of 1972 - was fully realized in the tiny details."
--KLCC 89.7: NPR for Oregonians (read full review here: tinyurl.com/klccreview)

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Retrofit Publishing; 1.0 edition (September 9, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 516 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0986115746
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0986115745
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.23 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.29 x 8 inches

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Claire Willett is an award-winning playwright from Portland, Oregon. Her newest project is HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING?, a play about the intersection of Catholicism and queerness commissioned by the University of Portland. Her most recent work, THE BROKEN HEART SPREAD, a one-woman play about a day in the life of a tarot reader pulling cards for her clients, was produced as a streaming film in 2021 by The Theatre Company (Portland, OR). Her other works include DEAR GALILEO, a play about fathers, daughters, God, science, and Jesuit astrophysicists; CARTER HALL, a Scottish folk musical; THE WITCH OF THE IRON WOOD, a Norse mythology opera; THE DEMONS DOWN UNDER THE SEA, a sapphic retelling of “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe; and RED SKY AT MORNING, a play for high school students about nerd communities, internet culture, and a fictional pirate role-playing game.

THE REWIND FILES is her first novel. The second book in the trilogy, ALL THINGS FALL, is scheduled to be released in September of 2022, followed by the third and final installment in the trilogy, ZERO HOUR, in early 2023.

Claire holds a B.A. in Theatre from Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA) and currently lives in her hometown of Portland, Oregon. In her free time, she yells about politics, feminism and science fiction on the internet, where her pop culture criticism has appeared in Vice Magazine and on StarTrek.com, as well as podcasts on topics ranging from queer politics, to Oscar Wilde and "Jesus Christ Superstar", to recaps of "Black Sails", "Good Omens" and "Lost."

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Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 15, 2023

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An engaging story with some neat historical stuff going on throughout. I recommend it to those who enjoy the concept of time travel.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 14, 2023

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Nothing not to love. A smart, vulnerable heroine with amazing co-workers and friends.
Set in the political world of Watergate and the future. . it's hard to write about this without spoilers.
Hope that someday we will see these people again.
JUST READ IT.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 8, 2023

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I found the character development to be excellent. As a huge fan of both historical novels as well as time travel I greatly appreciate how well researched this book is. I am hoping that Ms. Willett will continue the series.

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Competent characters and complex plot? Where do I sign up?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 14, 2015

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So, yeah, The Rewind Files. Where do I begin? Actually, I’m going to begin in the middle, as befits a novel that weaves time travel with action and a touch of noir. The Rewind Files is actually, spoilers, three separate stories, and one of them is over before the book even begins. Not every author could handle telling one of her three plotlines mostly in a series of flashbacks, but Claire Willett has woven together a painstakingly researched historical thriller, time travel through an alternate universe, and, yes, a love story (oh god, I have so many feels about that) and stitched them up with a needle borrowed from Ngaio Marsh and Dorothy Sayers.

Disclaimer: I spent thirty seconds downloading this book and then three hours binge-reading it in an increasingly cold bath, which may somewhat color my perspective. I admit it: I’m as much a sucker for deft writing as I am for good stories, and this book is chock-full of both. From the first time I read the word “chronomaly” (seriously. Can you do a better job inventing a term for that?) I was hooked. It doesn’t hurt that her heroine, Reggie Bellows, is simultaneously competent and awkwardly relatable. I often spend a good portion of my reading time cringing over the terrible decisions that main characters have to make in order to have there be any plot at all; there’s only one passage in this book where I wanted to shake Reggie and point out that she’s actually trained to do this job and maybe this would have been covered in a class? Probably? OK, two passages but I’m willing to concede that not every woman stocks her desk at work the same way my office does.

Disclaimer #2: It’s really hard to review what is, at its heart, a mystery novel without giving out too many spoilers. On reread, all the clues are there for a motivated reader to assemble, but Willett is a master of redirection and it’s unlikely that you’ll pick them all out the first time. You’ll just have to trust me when I say that Carstairs and Bellows are the greatest team ever, that saving the day doesn’t always mean the day is saved, and that there are enough solidly written, complex and diverse characters to drive an entire fanfiction archive for a year.

But you don’t have to take my word for it.

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Sarah Corn

Engrossing Time-travel Political Mystery!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 14, 2015

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What sucked me in to the futuristic new time-travel conspiracy novel The Rewind Files, from playwright Claire Willet, were the historical details. The debut novel captures exactly what it would be like for an intelligent, well-trained, headstrong young 22nd-century woman to be ordered to travel back to 1970’s Washington DC, and blend in with Nixon’s political elite.

Eyelash curlers, wandering hands, and the consequences of rendezvousing with other operatives alone in a public train station, elicit in Regina “Reggie” (she had me at the androgynous nickname) Bellows a bewilderment and incredulity that gives me much hope for future feminists.

And that’s just Act 1.

What grabbed me by the scruff of my neck and pulled me into binge-reading the last 400 pages in 48 hours, was the expertly-paced, surprising, trope-subverting conspiracy mystery that is the novel’s core. Willet deftly maneuvers her players through time, sometimes on a dime, sometimes after extended hiatus, but never without a loss of momentum.

Complex, interesting women permeate the pages of this book, and in the challenges they face, Willet thinly veils a mirror of the state of 21st century race and gender politics. The commentary is a large part of why the novel speaks to me, but it’s also one of my few sources of consternation, as Reggie’s early asides to the reader would pull me out of the story. As events unfold, however, these asides become less pointed, more plot-oriented, and ultimately emotionally vital.

What has stuck with me most in the week since I finished is how much more I care about (and frankly, know about) the Watergate Scandal and a pair of Washington Post reporters, the satisfying ending, and the entire world of the US Time Travel Bureau.

In conclusion, the most important lesson I learned from reading Claire Willet’s The Rewind Files is—DO NOT finish it at 1:30 in the morning because you will want more, and All The President’s Men is a 2-hour movie.

Highly recommended for fans of: The Eyre Affair, The Pelican Brief, Doctor Who. Appropriate for Middle Readers and up.

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History, Future, Politics and a job to do. Great.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 17, 2023

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This is a great book; time-travel with historical accuracy, a believable future, plenty of twists and turns, action adventure and well-rounded characters.
The story was engaging from beginning to end and was told with wit, and emotional integrity. I will look out for more from this author.

TatLip

Fast-paced , engaging, lightweight but certainly not shallow

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 28, 2017

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What a delight! This is a lovely crossover between sci-fi and historical novel. It is based on real historical accounts of Watergate, yet it manages the speculative side masterfully. If the story is only as strong as its villains, then there is no surprise this book is so engaging! That is all I am going to say on this topic, no spoilers! The richness of character, both protagonists as well as secondary, combined with the fast-paced plot and the intriguing subject, make Rewind Files one of the best modern sci-fi books I have read. It also manages to pack a massive volumes of social commentary without becoming too preachy. One of the strongest points, which I found that worked so well within the story, was the demonstration of white privilege and racism - probably the best one I ever read.
Claire Willet's background as a play-write is palpable and she puts her skills to use in creating engaging dialogues that feel real. Although this is a quick read, full of humour and banter, it isn't shallow. I am going to leave the unpacking and interpretation to the reader. I know this isn't the last time I have read it; the story has many layers, which (due to the fast pacing) don't immediately jump out of the page. I can't wait for the possible sequel or even some TV/film adaptations.

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Very moving

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 15, 2022

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I love time travel stories and this one though I was slow to warn to it was in the end very moving ,, I have thought many time whether I would save my own father if such a thing were possible... It's an impossible question and in the end this book odd a good job with all the knotty problems of time travel

Amazon Customer

Riveting and funny thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 9, 2021

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Absolutely loved this, I could hardly put it down. Time travel, great. Characters, believable and engaging. I loved Reggie and her sense of humour, and I really hope the author gets inspired to write a sequel - I could read a whole series of these.

Amazon Customer

So good I rewound for a 2nd look!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 1, 2017

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This is a fantastic read mixing the futuristic world of time travel, with one of the biggest scandals in American Political History. Well paced and beautifully told, the narrative is gripping - so much so I finished it in one sitting and had to go back for another read to check what I'd missed!! My absolute favourite thing about this book are the relationships between Reggie and her family and how their depth and persistence shape their lives. Go read it - you won't regret it!! The Rewind Files: A Novel

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