The Fair (Time Box #2) by John A Heldt-a review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 29, 2020
Months after stealing two time machines from a madman who wants them back, the Lanes, a family of six, seek safety and contentment in 1893, the latest stop on a journey through time. While parents Mark and Mary find relief at Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition, an extravaganza of science and splendor, children Jeremy, Laura, and Ashley find romance, friendship, and thrills.
Older son Jordan, meanwhile, heads west in search of answers. Grieving the loss of a lover from 1865, he travels to Virginia City, Nevada, where he integrates himself into a storied mining community and the heart of a pretty library clerk.
Billionaire Robert Devereux could not care less. Reeling from the theft of his million-dollar devices, he sends an assassin to the past to retrieve his property and rid the world of his former business partner and his troublesome clan.
Filled with humor, heartbreak, and suspense, THE FAIR follows a modern family on the adventure of a lifetime as they navigate their way through an unforgettable year in American history.
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REVIEW:THE FAIR is the second instalment in John A Heldt’s TIME BOX time travel series focusing on the Lane family. THE FAIR can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and history as there is a common theme and continuing premise throughout.
SOME BACKGROUND: Having created two time machines in 2021 known as the Time Box, patriarch Mark Lane discovers that his business partner, billionaire Robert Devereaux, wants to use the Time Boxes for questionable purposes. Having prepared for weeks, Mark Lane and his family pull up roots, and send themselves, along with the Time Boxes, back in time. Robert Devereaux desperate to retrieve the time boxes, and punish his one-time partner, hires a modern day assassin who goes on a time travel hunt for Mark Lane and his family.
Told from several third person perspectives THE FAIR follows the Lane family from 1865 to 1790 back to 1893 and a quick trip to 2022. Trying to stay one-step ahead of Devereaux’s assassin, the Lane family makes plans to travel to Chicago circa 1893 as the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition aka The Chicago World’s Fair celebrates the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the New World but all is not well in 1893 as a serial killer has set his sights on Chicago, and the Lane family is about to interfere in recorded history.
THE FAIR follows the Lane sons Jeremy and Jordan as each falls in love but only one will get his happily ever after. Jordan’s beloved accepts the idea of time travel and everything the Lane family has to offer but Jeremy struggles with the fact that his beloved is betrothed to someone else.
Meanwhile back in 2022, the Lane family’s co-conspirator Randy works desperately to foil all attempts at sending an assassin through time, Robert Devereaux has his people searching the historical archives to uncover the who and where of his time travelling targets.
THE FAIR and the Time Box series is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; a series of science fiction, betrayal and power, history and revelations. From heart break to happiness, THE FAIR is a playful, energetic and transcendent story of one family’s travel through history and time.
Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one THE LANE BETRAYAL.
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Reviewed by Sandy
