Time is what it is, by Anais Schaaf and Javier Pascual

For lovers of the series The Ministry of Time, comes this literary work highly coupled to the original series. From the Middle Ages to World War II, a chain of missions leads agents beyond the fascinating doors that the Ministry reserves for the necessary actions of its peculiar officials. Some interventions that are considered essential for the conservation of the natural future of History.

I suppose that the basic idea, when releasing this book, would be to achieve absolute fidelity with the scripts of the successful series. The easy mental association of the reader with what has already been seen on television helps a lot.

Normally we all agree that reading a book and watching a possible later film is often a frustrating process. Due to many special effects, a lot of technology, a lot of budget and very good actors, films do not usually reach the inexhaustible space of each person's imagination.

But in this case we are talking about the opposite process, the path from television to literature. And the result is enriching. Reading this book is necessarily based on what has already been seen in terms of its characters, but it puts everything else in your imagination. The new scenes in this literary chapter are exclusively yours as a reader. As I say, the experience is extremely enriching in any case. The plot, with that point typical of a television script, advances at a frantic pace and traps you in its reading until the end point.

For the rest, you already know what the main mission of the Ministry of Time is ... History cannot change. The present cannot be manipulated for the benefit of those who know the secret link between past and present. Agents run frequent risks in the different historical moments they go through.

The main advantage is that, in the case of "Time is what it is", the scenery always runs on your own, the movements and even the gestures of the characters are outlined by you. And you are also the one who composes the imaginary adjustment to assume that temporary disruption, with the nuances that the writing is contributing to you. In short, a good experience that perhaps provides a point of communion between the audiovisual and the literary.

Now you can get Time is what it is, the literary adaptation of The Ministry of Time, a book by Anais Schaaf and Javier Pascual, here: