This series is closer to the science fantasy genre. The King’s house has a special upstairs hallway that captures time portals through which they can travel to the future or the past. Problem is, the bad guys can use them also and their archenemy has figured out how to use the portals to his advantage. There’s a couple other factors like not knowing where you will end up and needing items from the antechamber so you get back to the right time.
I’m glad that I get to review Frenzy by Robert Liparulo. It is the last…? in the series of stories about the King family. If you are interested in this series you really do need to start at the beginning. I started at number four, Timescape, and it was hard to figure out what was going on. I still finished the book and signed up to review number five, Whirlwind. By number 6 I knew exactly what was going on and was excited to find out what happened.
Here’s the backcover copy:
Their destiny is to fix history. Their dream is to get home.
When you live in a house that’s really a gateway between past and present, you have to be ready for anything. It’s a painful fact the Kings have faced since moving to Pinedale eight days ago. Desperately trying to rescue their mother from an unknown time and place, brothers Xander and David have lunged headlong into the chaos of history’s greatest–and most volatile–events. But their goal has continually escaped their grasp.
And worse: Finding Mom is only a small part of what they must do, thanks to the barbaric Taksidian. His ruthless quest to sieze their house and its power from them has put not only the family, but all of mankind, in grave danger.
Somehow, the key to it all hinges on Uncle Jesse’s words to the boys: “Fixing time is what our family was made to do.” But how can they fix a world that has been turned updisde down–much less ever find their way home?
At long last, the secrets of the house and the King family are revealed in the stunning conclusion to this epic series.
You can find more information at the author’s site. You can read the first chapter at Where the Story Begins. Published by Thomas Nelson.
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