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The Watch by Dennis Danvers

Eos, January, 2002
Hardcover, 356 pages
ISBN: 0380977621
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The Watch
by Dennis Danvers As he lays on his deathbed, the anarchist prince Peter Alexeivch Kropotkin is visited by a mysterious man from the future. He is offered a new life in the year 1999. Between wracking coughs, Kropotkin agrees, and is instantly transported to the year 1999, with his own, rejuvenated body, a passport, a green card, but no money. Alone in Richmond, Virginia, a city with a racially turbulent past, Kropotkin starts over at life. He meets Rachel Pederson, a social worker who helps him, and beings to put a life together. As he adjusts to life in the 20th century, he begins to see that all the old social injustices that he fought against in his old life still exist. And he begins to wonder what his benefactor wants from him. Is his life his to lead, or is there something more sinister going on?

Dennis Danvers (Circuit of Heavan) presents us with a thought-provoking time travel novel that is sure to fascinate. Danvers' novels always explore some facet of our society, and this novel is no exception. A bittersweet love story, as well as an exploration of the themes of freedom, self-determinism, racism and social ethics, The Watch is also a funny and moving story of a man who is displaced in time. Don't miss it.


The World Tree (The Daughters of Bast) by Sarah Isidore

Eos, November, 2001
Paperback, 376 pages
ISBN: 0380803208
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The World Tree (The Daughters of Bast)
by Sarah Isidore The Egyptian cat goddess Bast is known to only a few worshippers in the ancient British isles. But she and the other gods are fading away, as worshippers turn to a new religion. Charlemagne and his army are about to sweep across the land from their home in Gaul, determined to wipe out all traces of the ancient pagan religion. Now Bast's last, reluctant priestess Sirona, must take up arms with another priestess to stop the destruction of the old ways. She will be aided by Bast and her powerful sister goddesses, Freya and the evil Sekhmet. Once the terrible magic of the goddesses has been released, it will be very difficult to control what has been unleashed. But Sirona must try, in order to restore the old Celtic ways and to keep the Ancient Harmonies in balance.

The World Tree is the third book in Sarah Isadore's well-imagined Celtic fantasy series, which began with Shrine of Light and The Hidden Land. Isidore has a deft hand with both character and with fantasy, and her latest book is the best yet in this intriguing series. Set against a factual backdrop of the rise of Christianity over the pagan religion in the British Isles, the story focuses on the reluctant priestess, Sirona, as she struggles to do the right thing in changing times. Full of magic, adventure and strong multi-layered female characters, this series just keeps getting better and better.


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