THREE DAYS TO NEVER by Tim Powers.

Three Days to Never by Tim Powers.

This is the fifth Tim Powers novel for me and it was the first one to disappoint. I had anticipated at least a thematic sequel to DECLARE when I learned that supernatural spies were involved. What is delivered here is nothing like the ingenious and deeply creepy novel that precedes it but rather a hodgepodge is various supernatural elements thrown together. This book includes time travel, astral travel, doppelgangers, harmonic convergence and several other supernatural elements, but they do not harmonize. I never managed to care about any of the characters. I always expect intricate and ingenious plotting in a Tim Powers novel, there is none of that here. The story just trudges along until the end, and mercifully it does end. Not recommended.