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DL Orton · Science fiction with a heartbeat

Love, danger &
second chances.
Across time.

Broken futures. Impossible choices. Women who refuse to let others decide their fate. Step into stories of love, survival, and second chances.

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“A lively start to a time-hopping thriller series that deserves some buzz.”

Kirkus Reviews, on Hive

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A way in. A world beyond.

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Hive by DL Orton, award-winning Madders of Time book one

Start here · Madders of Time, Book 1

The end of the world.
The beginning of Hive.

Outside Eden-17, the ocean is rising and the microdrones are closing in. Inside, Isabel and Diego have one last chance: a way back through time.

Saving the future might mean losing each other.

Time travel · Dystopian suspense · An enduring love story

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Start at the beginning.
Then bend the rules of time.

Read Madders of Time in order. No previous DL Orton books required.

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  1. 01HiveBegin here
  2. 02JumpThe story continues
  3. 03DomeThe latest novel

Written by DL Orton. Brought to life in audio.

Two voices. Every heartbeat.

Impossible choices. Fierce women. Love that outlasts a timeline. Hear both series performed by Audie Award-winning narrators Noah Michael Levine and Erin deWard.

Hive audiobook, narrated by Noah Michael Levine and Erin deWard

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Madders of Time

A dying biodome. A chance to change the past. A future worth fighting for.

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Jump audiobook, narrated by Noah Michael Levine and Erin deWard

Up next · Madders of Time, Book 2

Jump

After Hive, step deeper into a fractured multiverse, where changing the past comes at a cost.

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Hive and Jump are available in audio. Dome is forthcoming. Explore the series audiobooks →

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Meet DL Orton.

DL Orton writes science fiction about love, impossible choices, and the things we refuse to lose. Her women are capable, complicated, and fully human. They take risks, make mistakes, and shape the future rather than wait for someone else to save it.

She lives in the tropics with her husband, a golden retriever mutt, a Siberian cat with a crewcut, and a bazillion geckos.

The time machine? Still under construction.
Someone has to go back and do the laundry.

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