Review: The Last of the Time Police by Kim Howard Johnson
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
When the last two timenauts are sent back in the only working Time Machine to clean up after themselves things go very awry. Stan and Jack are part of the Time Authority, which is being shut down since time travel has been outlawed. They’ve been sent back to clean up their litter and pick up an extra passenger – Leonardo da Vinci. They drop him off in 18th C. England and once da Vinci establishes who he is with the leaders, he goes on to provide them with his inventions. The king, in turn, uses these inventions to plan his takeover of the world. This causes a severe Chronological Anomaly, a wave of change which will obliterate the way of life we all know and love. Can Stan and Jack fix their major mistake??THE LAST OF THE TIME POLICE is a super-funny convoluted tale of time travel. It reminds me of a Kids in the Hall sketch or a Mel Brooks movie. Stan and Jack probably couldn’t be any stupider if they tried, but they somehow fall into right where they need to be or the person who can help them. Back in the ‘present’ time, the Powers That Be are arguing and pointing fingers as to who is at fault for the Chronological Anomaly. da Vinci is a schemer, master manipulator, and wicked genius who steals others’ ideas – like those of Ben Franklin – and uses them in his own inventions. I loved how integrated his inventions became in the majority of society, such as Maggie and her wings. Maggie is the perfect straight-woman to Jack and Stan’s bumbling buffoonery. THE LAST OF THE TIME POLICE has a very interesting concept, fun characters, and will take readers by surprise!