This book was a fantastic journey that was hard to put down. It combines science, history, mystery, and alternate realities. The first sentence of the first chapter draws you in:
"Had he but known that before the day was over he would discover the hidden dimensions of the universe, Kit might have been better prepared. At least he would have brought an umbrella."
The day that Kit meets his great-grandfather (his long since dead great-grandfather, mind you), his world is turned upside down. Or inside out. Or maybe sideways. Lawhead is able to weave a story that draws you in and takes you on a journey. This particular journey leads you to imagine the possibility of "ley lines" that allow you to travel from one reality to another - from one world to another. What would happen if there were streets that you could walk down and travel from your world into another world? Dropping you into a reality that is slightly different from your reality - or a reality that occurred in ancient history? And imagine that there was a map, a Skin Map, that had the directions to take you back home. But you had to find that map in the various realities - and before the thugs find it.
This book was wonderfully written. The scientific explanations were written to be easy to understand, and the descriptions of ancient history brought this alive. It mixed in modern day elements with sci-fi thrill, and even tossed in a bit of history. This was a great book.
"Had he but known that before the day was over he would discover the hidden dimensions of the universe, Kit might have been better prepared. At least he would have brought an umbrella."
The day that Kit meets his great-grandfather (his long since dead great-grandfather, mind you), his world is turned upside down. Or inside out. Or maybe sideways. Lawhead is able to weave a story that draws you in and takes you on a journey. This particular journey leads you to imagine the possibility of "ley lines" that allow you to travel from one reality to another - from one world to another. What would happen if there were streets that you could walk down and travel from your world into another world? Dropping you into a reality that is slightly different from your reality - or a reality that occurred in ancient history? And imagine that there was a map, a Skin Map, that had the directions to take you back home. But you had to find that map in the various realities - and before the thugs find it.
This book was wonderfully written. The scientific explanations were written to be easy to understand, and the descriptions of ancient history brought this alive. It mixed in modern day elements with sci-fi thrill, and even tossed in a bit of history. This was a great book.
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.
