Book Series · 3 Books

The Gideon Trilogy Books

In order from The Time Travelers to The Time Quake.

Linda Buckley-Archer's completed time-travel trilogy sends Peter and Kate from the present into the dangerous streets of 1763 London, where one stolen machine can change history.

Reviewed by the Bookroo Editors Updated August 13, 2026

Reading order

How to Read The Gideon Trilogy

Read The Time Travelers, The Time Thief, and The Time Quake in numbered order. The stolen time machine, the Tar Man's plans, and the damage caused by time travel create one continuous story.

Sources: Simon & Schuster's official Gideon Trilogy order, Simon & Schuster's official complete boxed set.

For parents

What Parents Should Know

The adventure includes kidnapping, theft, pursuit, betrayal, dangerous experiments, the criminal underworld, and threats to children across two centuries. Eighteenth-century London is presented with rough historical detail, and later books raise the stakes as altered history and unstable time threaten whole communities. Friendship, loyalty, and the consequences of using powerful technology anchor the suspense.

Where the story begins

First Book in the Series

Sale price

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Book #1 · Chapter Book · Ages 10–14 · 2006

The Time Travelers

By Linda Buckley-Archer

Two kids from the future must retrieve a stolen device to return home.

404 pages· 103,914 words· Est. 11.5 hour read

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Summary: In 1763, Gideon Seymour, a gentleman thief, encounters Peter and Kate, children from the future, after a time-rip. Their only way home is stolen by the sinister Tar Man. Together, they navigate the dangers of eighteenth-century London, forging a bond as they face treachery and race against time to reclaim the lost device. Will they outsmart their foe and find a way back to their own century?

In reading order