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Well, this book starts off lampooning Ben Franklin
which is pretty amusing but having to read two pages
of Ben talking in a lisp gets old really fast.
Forever Maelstrom has to be one of the worst names I
have ever seen in my life. I would have changed my
name to something decent the moment I turned eighteen,
if I were him. Forever is a history professor at
Princeton University, and he has an indentured time
transporting timber wolf.
Forever, for some reason or another, travels the time
stream and has appointments with famous historical and
religious figures. Forevers happy existence is about
to be turned completely on its ear by Praetor.
Praetor has finally completely his time machine and
hes going to use it to set himself and his Elvis
phone (Dont ask. I dont know.) up as the " Lord
of Time " . As Praetor enters the time stream
everything goes to hell in a hand basket.
Instead of returning to Princeton like Maelstrom
intended, he ends up in an alternate reality where
germ warfare wiped out civilization in 1964. I guess
he then decides to leave that reality and go into
another one, because next thing you see is a battle
going down between a group of teens who have heightened
human attributes (strength, reflexes, etc.) and a
group of Praetors goons. You dont find out that
theyre Praetors goons until later, though. The
group is distracted by Forevers screaming about a
giant spider attacking him and they all end up getting
captured and put in the dungeons by Praetor.
Praetor orders Forever to be killed, but his plans are
quickly foiled by a chick scantily clad in gold pseudo
armor. The timber wolf and she dispatch the goons
sent to kill Forever. The chick then tells Forever
that there are five stones scattered across time they
must collect in order to restore the timeline.
All and all it sounds like a RPG plot. The art in
the book is okay. The women are drawn significantly
better that the men are drawn.
Overall, this book is really nothing to write home
about. Its not bad, but its just not all that
interesting. The plot was fabulous when I read it in
And the Devil Will Drag You Under by Jack
Chalker, but in this book the characters are less
likable and its just mediocre.
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