"The Very First Damned Thing" by Jodi Taylor
It centres around Dr Bairstow. He has arrived from the future, just two years after the end of civil war, and he brings with him the secret of time travel. However, for some reason, he despises this term, and insists his unit will not be engaging in time travel. Rather, his team of historians "will investigate major historical events in contemporary time".
In Jodi-world, the main novels are sequentially numbered, and the short stories/novellas are slotted in between. This origin story is listed as "0.5", and was published after the first novel, "Just One Damned Thing After Another."
The story is read by Jodi Taylor, and not by Zara Ramm who read the first novel. Zara is a better narrator, and thankfully, Zara narrates almost all of the subsequent novels, novellas and short stories. A good narrator adds so much to the over all performance, bring the book to life.
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