Review: A Very Engrossing Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 28, 2012
I started to read the sample of this book and became so engrossed that I had to immediately download the full version to continue reading. What would happen if a person such as Martin Richie were to go from our timeline to a different timeline?  I think the author has it right - he would be considered a psychotic delusional amnesiac and put into a psychiatric institute. The book doesn't deal much with Martin Richie after that although he does show up a various times and his situation improves.  Two history books that he has with him are used by an author to make an alternate history (our actual history) novel. This has an effect as the novel seems to expose secrets that are closely held by various nations of the world.In this alternate timeline, the Japanese never attacked the Americans at Pearl Harbor but allied with the Germans instead to attack and conquer Russia. Sixty years later, the Germans who control all of Europe and the Japanese who control all of Asia, including Australia,  are now enemies poised to go to war with each other.There are many various and diverse plot lines and characters throughout this novel.  That makes it very interesting and keeps one turning pages.  If one gets bored with the Japanese characters, for instance, there are always the German and American characters and their machinations.  It all ties together very nicely.I was about two thirds through the book when I realized that I wished the novel would never end.  Most times I am anxious when reading a novel to see how it finally ends. With this book, it was so interesting that I wanted it to  go on and on.