The Fire Northwest Passage Book 4 edition by John A Heldt Romance eBooks
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When Kevin Johnson, 22, goes to Wallace, Idaho, days after his college graduation, he expects to find rest and relaxation as his family prepares his deceased grandfather's house for sale. Then he discovers a hidden diary and a time portal that can take him to 1910, the year of Halley's comet and the largest wildfire in U.S. history. Within hours, Kevin finds himself in the era of horse-drawn wagons, straw hats, and ankle-length dresses. Traveling repeatedly to the same time and place, he decides to make the portal his gateway to summer fun. The adventure takes a more serious turn, however, when the luckless-in-love science major falls for pretty English teacher Sarah Thompson and integrates himself in a community headed for disaster. Filled with humor, romance, and heartbreak, THE FIRE, the sequel to THE JOURNEY, follows a conflicted soul through a life-changing journey as he makes his mark on a world he was never meant to see.
The Fire Northwest Passage Book 4 edition by John A Heldt Romance eBooks
Once again, time travel is a major part of the story but is really more of a convenience without a logical reason for it to even happen. In this book, however, Kevin Johnson has somewhat more control over the trips and the year of his destination because of his discovery of his great great grandfather Asa's time travel diary. But time travel is subject is treated more as magic than science, requiring coordination of lunar cycles, or equinoxes, and spelling out the destination year in gold coins minted before a particular date so as not to have "In God We Trust" on them.The story was pleasant enough however. Kevin is a decent guy and makes some interesting friends and a few enemies. He has two women who could be the love of his life and somehow manages to survive
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The Fire Northwest Passage Book 4 edition by John A Heldt Romance eBooks Reviews
This is the only book of Mr. Heldt's series that I've read. I read it for both the story of the great fire, about which I'd previously known very little, and for the time travel element. Although it took almost the first half of the book for my attention to fully engage, the rest of the story was well worth the effort spent in getting familiar with the people and places. My only real criticism (for the four stars) is that when Kevin is in 1910 the conversations has with people from the era are in 2013-speak. I can't quite feel right about a Gibson-girl look alike who says, "since I've been dating you..." From other books of that period I've read, which were written then, it would seem more natural to hear "I've been seeing you," or something less specific that "dating".
Kevin, when living in 1910, for the most part does his best to keep his prior knowledge of upcoming events in Wallace, Idaho to himself, so it's particularly hard when the one time he slips on this the result is disastrous to someone. Which makes you wonder if time travel would be such a really great thing to try, anyhow?
I have read several of John Heldt’s time travel novels and reacted enthusiastically to most of them, so I guess you could say I qualify as a fan. However, I was a little disappointed in his book “The Fire.” Don’t get me wrong the writing is excellent as is Heldt’s research but the premise and some of the methodology of time travel in this book leaves me shaking my head in disbelief. I (unapologetically, I’m sure) hold every time travel book up against what I consider the “gold standard” in the genre Jack Finney’s “Time and Again.” For years after reading Finney’s 1970 illustrated TT novel, I was (almost) convinced that if I was lucky enough to be chosen for the “Project,” sat through the professor’s classes and slowly familiarized myself with the time period to which I desired to travel, I might (just might!) make it. There was none of that with “The Fire.” I had to totally suspend belief in order to accept that the protagonist Kevin could, by spelling out in Roman numerals with “godless” pieces of gold the year he wanted to reach, he could, without any other preparation at all, accomplish it. Granted, the “lovers” in this tale are young but the romance is just a little bit mushy (kissee-kissee?) for the ardent time travel fan to accept. Take a little time between books and work on depth of character and believability, Mr. Heldt. That would be my advice.
The Mine (2/13/2012)
The Journey (11/4/2012)
The Show (2/17/2013)
The Fire (9/1/2013)
The Mirror ((3/1/2014)
I have read all John Heldt’s Northwest Passage “Time Travel” stories. Rather than provide a synopsis on each and every one, I’m instead going to simply state my assessment of these novels as a whole and include it as a review on each one of the of the series.
Every story is about traveling into the past and setting the stage for the future. If you like time-travel, you’ll love this series. If I had to pick my favorite, for now I think “The Journey” would be it, but that’s just me.
Every story is a stand-alone novel. Occasionally there will be a subtle reference to one of the other novels, but that too is sufficiently explained to make it germane to the current story without requiring one to read any of the other stories.
Because every story is stand-alone, they don’t have to be read in any order. However, reading them in the sequence of being written will enable the reader to make most of the “connections” no matter how subtle they are. (“The Journey” is the only one that doesn’t appear tie in to the others – unless I missed something.)
What impresses me the most is how the author managed to tell five different stories, yet have them tie together in so many subtle ways. How was he able to keep track of everything? And, bless his heart, he doesn’t introduce too many characters to keep track of (I hate getting most of the way through a novel only to wonder “who’s Fred?” when he shows up long after being forgotten by myself).
The only “negative?” comment I might make is that the protagonists exercise “wisdom” way beyond their age when dealing with others. And, that’s not really a negative, but a wish that I might have shown such wisdom at that age instead of “acquiring” it the hard way.
Once again, time travel is a major part of the story but is really more of a convenience without a logical reason for it to even happen. In this book, however, Kevin Johnson has somewhat more control over the trips and the year of his destination because of his discovery of his great great grandfather Asa's time travel diary. But time travel is subject is treated more as magic than science, requiring coordination of lunar cycles, or equinoxes, and spelling out the destination year in gold coins minted before a particular date so as not to have "In God We Trust" on them.
The story was pleasant enough however. Kevin is a decent guy and makes some interesting friends and a few enemies. He has two women who could be the love of his life and somehow manages to survive
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