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Anonymous
Posted May 20, 2006
Sojourn is a terrific book. The characters are charming and realistic. The writing is very good and takes you from future to the past without taking you away from the characters. It is almost as though Jana has been in 1888!
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Posted May 18, 2006
Jacynda Lassiter is a Time Rover on mission. Find a missing ¿tourist¿ and bring him back to 2057 before he changes history. A simple task? Not quite. The time period is Victorian England. The place none other than the infamous Whitechapel District. And she¿s been deposited into this maelstrom just before the Ripper¿s killing spree. In addition to the horrendous conditions that abound in Whitechapel, messy streets, prostitutes, thugs, the Ripper, mysterious shape-shifters lurk about, making friend and foe indistinguishable. Jacynda has entered a very dangerous world. A world that will suddenly make her ¿assignment¿ become even more dangerous when a fellow Time Rover is killed. Now it becomes personal and Jacynda will not rest until she finds out who the murderer is. Could it be the Ripper? With the aide of two Victorian gentlemen, who have secrets of their own, Jacynda tries to find her ¿tourist¿ and uncover the identity of the murderer of her fellow Rover. This is an intriguing new novel from Jana G. Oliver. Ms. Oliver has painted a clear picture of Victorian England at the time of the Ripper Murders. The reader will quickly get the feel for the time and place. The vial nature of this world will certainly hold the reader¿s attention, as Ms. Oliver¿s tale brings one face to face the harsh realities of 19th century England. One will understand Dr. Montrose¿s passionate desire to help the poor unfortunates of Whitechapel and his friend, Jonathan Keats¿ driving force to undercover clues to find the anarchists bent on bringing down the English government. Jacynda and her two gentlemen friends quickly become involved in more dangers than they can imagine. This is quite a time travel, shape-shifter, mystery. Jana Oliver is becoming quite a wordsmith in her own right. Keep an eye on this lady. She¿s on the rise in the literary world. Highly recommended.
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Posted October 20, 2008
After reading this book, I was shocked and appalled that the author would simply plaigiarize from a Hollywood movie, "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey". The premise of this novel is exactly the same, a woman named Jacynda Lassiter goes back in time, a la Doctor Who, and meets up with Jack the Ripper in 1888. Not a very original concept and already done to death both in feature films and on television. Not recommended whatsoever!
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Overview
Winner of 7 awards including the Prism Award for Time Travel.London, September 1888. An aged Queen Victoria rules. The threat of anarchy hovers in the air. A new kind of evil lurks in the back alleys of Whitechapel. Enter Jacynda Lassiter, a Time Rover on a mission—find an overdue ‘tourist’ and return him to 2057 before he changes history.
Victorian London is a dangerous place for the unwary. Mysterious shape-shifters haunt the streets, making friend and foe indistinguishable. When a fellow Time Rover is murdered,...