Review: The Mine by John A. Heldt
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2013
Joel Smith and his friend, Adam, go to an abandoned mine in Montana right at the time of a planetary alignment. While his friend stays outside, Joel ventures in and when he reemerges, he's in 1941 - 59 years in the past. Joel wasn't as freaked out about his time-traveling as I thought he'd be, he is more worried about the clothes he's wearing and the fact he has no money. Joel makes his way to town and ends up saving a man from some toughs. He's taken back to his new friend's house and gets a job in his father's mattress & furniture store as a salesman. It seems hardly a coincidence they met when he finds out his new found friend is dating his future grandmother! In the meantime, Joel is falling for one of his grandmother's friends, Grace.`The Mine' is a thought provoking story of time travel, love, and the consequences of both. I was, as I said earlier, a little confused by why Joel wasn't more shocked when he figured out he was in 1941. He seemed to fit almost seamlessly into his "new life". I was really taken by the characters and the descriptions of the tumultuous time Joel was thrust into when he emerged from the cave. Joel really grows during the course of the story and I ended up rooting for him enthusiastically. The author had researched the time period well and it shines through every word. Read `The Mine' and travel with Joel through time!Northwest Passage series: The Mine (1), The Journey (2), The Show (3)