"A unique and enjoyable romantic time-travel mystery"
Jacynda Lassiter, a Time Rover, is sent to Victorian
London
in the
year 1888 to retrieve a client. Jacynda's company is having
difficulties and is taking more and more risks to make
money. Jacynda
is shocked to be sent into a time, that has been banned
before now--the
time of the Whitechapel murders by Jack the Ripper. After
Jacynda
arrives, she learns that Chris, another Time rover and her
lover, has
disappeared in this time. With the help of Dr. Alastair
Montrose and
Jonathan Keats, Jacynda finds out that Chris has been
murdered, and that
there is another person from the future loose in 1888.
Jacynda has to
tell Alastair the truth about herself, and, in return,
Alastair later
tells Jacynda about his own unique talents as a Transitive.
Transitives, are shapeshifters, that can imitate anyone.
Meanwhile,
Jack the Ripper is committing his horrendous crimes, and
mounting
evidence points to Dr. Alastair Montrose as being Jack the
Ripper.
SOJOURN is an enjoyable well-researched, time-travel
fantasy with a
unique premise and mystery and romance elements. Ms.
Oliver
creates a
very different shapeshifter community, and the mystery is
intriguing.
While there is only light romance and two men are in love
with the
heroine, there is room for romance to bloom in subsequent
books. I did
get the feeling, that Ms. Oliver plans a continuation of
this book, and
I look forward to her next venture into this world.
Review date: June 27, 2006
Reviewed by Marlene Breakfield
Posted November 11, 2006
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Welcome to Whitechapel. The year is 1888.
Discovery is the ultimate risk...
for the shape-shifter
for the time traveler
for the madman who hunts them. Victorian London harbors dark secrets. Shapeshifters weave skillful illusions, cloaking their identities while a killer stalks the unwary in WhiteChapel. For Time Rover, Jacynda Lassiter, the mission is simple -- find an overdue 'tourist' and return him to 2057 before he alters history. For Dr. Alastair Montrose, the danger is discovery -- for himself and his kind. To prevail, they must outwit a madman whose legacy will endure for centuries.
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