I first heard about {{The Traveler}} in {{Albert-László Barabási}}’s book {{Bursts}} (review).
Now that I’ve had a chance to read {{John Twelve Hawks}}’ novel, I can say I can’t recommend it.
Not because it’s a bad story – but because I couldn’t get into it. I think it has the potential to be a good story … but I’ll have to try again in the future.