Elevator People

"Charlotte Laws fulfills Elevator People's promise of intrigue and deadpan comedy. The main characters are a terrifically mixed bag of personality traits, which makes for richly entertaining reading. Elevator People is a high-spirited time-travel adventure with sharp dialogue and a winning cast of contrasting characters." Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

Eight people leave a charity gala in 2025. They step off a hotel elevator and find themselves in a different century. This is not an ordinary world. They see atrocities—hideous and hellish things found only in nightmares. The place is a horror show. Their values and beliefs are put to the test. Victims beg for help, and they become underground operatives. They are hunted by the authorities and the cultlike masses who call them terrorists. They are a threat to their customs, a risk to their bloodthirsty ways.

They eventually learn that thousands of elevator people around the world have time traveled as a part of the Earthling Extermination Project. Earth is causing catastrophic weather events for other planets, and elevator people are tasked with softening the blow before annihilation day—that is, if they agree to accept the mission. Will they save the planet? Will they ever get home? What will be their fate?