Author: Jack McDevitt
Genre: Fantasy
Subgenre: Time Travel
Length: 400 pages
When physicist Michael Shelborne mysteriously vanishes, his son Shel discovers that he had constructed a time travel device. Following his father's trail through history-from the enlightenment of Renaissance Italy through the American Wild West to the civil-right upheavals of the 20th century-Shel makes a devastating discovery that sends him feeling back through the ages, and changes his life forever.
Time travel mechanism: A hand held electronic device that lets you select the time and place you wish to travel to. There is no explanation of how the device works.
Review:
While this is not a literary masterpiece, I must admit I really enjoyed reading it. Watching Shel and his friend David visit all the historical events and people was great. The solution to the time travel paradox was credible - The time traveler dies from a heart attack before performing any action that would create a paradox. There was only one small section toward the beginning of the story where I could not understand the explanation of the logic around time travel. After rereading that part several time, I gave up and continued on. The writing style is easy to read but at time the transition between some paragraphs was abrupt. If you like time travel stories where the emphasis is on the time travel and not some other plot aspect, then you will love this story. It does have a plot but it is almost incidental which was ok.
I borrowed this ebook from my local library.
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