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O'Brien, Johnny
2 Reviews
(3)
YA
In this sequel to Day of the Assassins, Jack and Angus are now full members of VIGIL, the secret organization sworn to protect history's timeline. The teens must foil the Revisionists' new plot by going back to Renaissance England. The action remains fast paced in this adventure that combines historical with speculative fiction in a battle over humanity's past and future.
Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo
(3)
YA
Jack Christie and his best friend Angus are caught up in the plot to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Having traveled through time to 1914 Sarajevo, the two become pawns in a struggle between competing factions. They must grapple with preserving or changing history and facing the resultant implications for the future. The story provides a fast-paced combo of speculative- and historical fiction. Timeline.
Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo
2 reviews
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