This book is hard to review for me. I so enjoy McDevitt’s novels and their setting, this book however is more of a highlight of great historical events than a comprehensive novel from start to finish. I have virtually loved and gushed about all his former books and I’m not sure I can do that with time travellers. I liked the book, I appreciated the history, I enjoyed a freshing take on the paradoxes created by Time Travel, that being said I hope this is a one shot and not a beginning to a new series. I understand that writers get tired of the same old characters, but I’m not ready to move on from Priscilla and Alex.
I would still recommend this book especially to young adult reader, in the hopes it will foster an interest in the history and further explore it. Here is the gist of the novel, Shel the son of Michael Shelbourne a famous physicist receives a strange message from his dad after his mysterious disappearance. In the course of looking at his life with his father, Shel has to roam through history using a time travelling device in an attempt to find his dad who appears to be lost somewhere in the past. As he and his friend Dave explore history they find new insights into their own values.
