Genre:
Time Travel/Science Fiction
Description:
“Deja
Voodoo is a 20th century time travel story. Ben Collins realizes that
he has lived his life before, and that he remembers most of it. After
experimenting successfully with changing his own life for the better
he moves on, trying to change events on the world stage. However, the
universe always has a way of maintaining its balance. Follow Ben as
he defies that balance and ramps it up - from changing his own life
all the way toward preventing the events of September 11, 2001 - no
matter what it may cost him.”
Author:
John
Rasor is the author of three previous books, Roadkill, How
Lost Got Lost, and A Brief History of Time Travel. He grew
up in California during the 50s and 60s, served in the armed forces,
and had a professional career in manufacturing and aerospace. During
his later years he enjoyed a job as a Hollywood messenger where he
mined interesting inside information for his time travel book. He
recently moved to Arizona to be near his adult children and
grandchildren.
For
more, visit his website. John promises those who go there either
today or tomorrow (2/26 or 2/17/2016) can enter a giveaway of some
kind.
Appraisal:
Deja
Voodoo is a time travel story
with some aspects of other science fiction/time-travel stories I've
read, but more than enough unique aspects that I never felt like it
was a rehash, but unique in its own right. The premise, that the
protagonist Ben is living his life over again, but sometimes
remembers what happened the first time around. Or is it the last time
and he'd been repeating this life over and over? I don't know about
you, but I might be willing to try a do-over.
Of
course if Ben changes one thing, that can change the path of his life
and some of those around him. Yet, he soon discovers that eventually
the world puts things back into balance, or so it seems, leaving him
back at some point in much the same position as before. Ben also
figures out that anonymous tips to law enforcement is an excellent
way to stop some of the worst serial killers of his lifetime when
they're barely getting started. Then he gets the idea of trying to
prevent one of the biggest world-changing events of our time,
September 11, 2001.
As
I was reading the book there was something bothering me and I was
having a heck of a hard time figuring out what it was. I considered
the possibility that Ben as the narrator was painting himself in too
good a light. Nope, that's not it. He was much harder on himself for
mistakes. I finally came to the conclusion that the dialogue
sometimes seemed a bit off. Once that finally sunk in, it stopped
bothering me. I guess I decided Ben should be cut some slack for not
remembering exact verbiage from two entire lifetimes and the thought
process this sends your mind reeling down was an interesting
exercise. (What if this was possible? Would you want it to happen to
you?) It was too compelling to stop reading.
FYI:
A
small amount of adult language and relatively mild adult sexual
situations.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues
Rating:
**** Four Stars
Reviewed
by:
BigAl
Approximate
word count:
120-125,000 words
1 comment:
Oh, this book is FREE today on Amazon. I picked it up. :D
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