Time Riders

Time Riders is a YA action/adventure/scifi from writer Alex Scarrow. It is the first in what is currently a five part series about three teens from different times who are recruited to be the guardians of history. Following is the jacket text:

Liam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.

Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.
Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2029.
Yet moments before death, someone mysteriously appeared and said, ‘Take my hand . . .’

But Liam, Maddy and Sal aren’t rescued. They are recruited by an agency that no one knows exists, with only one purpose – to fix broken history. Because time travel is here, and there are those who would go back in time and change the past.
That’s why the TimeRiders exist: to protect us. To stop time travel from destroying the world . . .

Time Riders is a well crafted ride through history with plenty of surprising twists and turns. It's especially a good read for you history buffs. I particularly enjoyed the alternate timelines in which the characters become trapped. It did start a little slow for me, but picked right up towards the middle and didn't let go until the very end. I'll definitely try to pick up the other books.

But what about you? Have you read it? What do you think?