Review: Tomorrows Guardian
Author: Richard Denningg
Publisher: Mercia Books; 2nd edition (1 Jan 2011)
Pages: 353
ISBN: 978-0-9654835-6-0
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When schoolboy Tom Oakley discovers he can transport himself through time, he draws the attention of evil men who seek to bend history to their will. Tom s family are obliterated and he soon faces an impossible choice: To save the world he must sacrifice his family.
Review
I have to admit what first drew to this book was time travel, I mean I’m a huge fan of Doctor Who and I figured that their might be some similarities between the two. In this sense the book didn’t let me down at all, we very quickly got to know Tom and what he could do and also that he had a greater role to play.
We were whisked off to different times right from the very start but more interesting was when we started visiting times in history which I already had some familiarity with most notably for me – the great fire of London.
I thought the way in which these walkers time travel was ingenious – there’s no time machine or TARDIS required but it was something which I can imagine younger readers of this book trying out just to test. Almost like if we could time travel this would be the way it would work – brilliant!
As you’d expect from a time travel book it touches a bit on the butterfly effect – if we went back in time and changed something how would it impact the world we currently live in, for the better, for the worse or would nothing hugely noticeable change.
Introducing Tom to this new world was Septimus, a welshman who I liked instantly – he seemed like a friendly chap, like someone who would be quite willing to sit on a random table and start talking to some strangers. Somebody who it seemed could get on with everyone. My only concern was how quickly Tom came to trust him and what he was telling him. I would have expected it to take a little more convincing.
I think young readers would absolutely love Tomorrows Guardian, it’s fast paced, action packed and has history splashed throughout its pages.
Thanks to the publishers for providing me a copy to review.
Terrific review Jesse.
Danni is reviewing this one for me as my schedule is a bit nuts. I cannot wait to read it for myself though. I think this one will have multi-age appeal. One for the whole family
I know Richard, he is a fellow writer and a friend – but despite the “bias” *laugh* Tomorrow’s Guardian is a good book. Not least because Richard is a talented writer who is working hard at improving his writing skills and is passionate about his books and characters.
He is a good example for any “wanna-be” writer :- anyone can write a book, but it takes hard work and dedication (and listening to the advice of other “already made it” writers about the importance of _professional_ editing) to produce a readable book.
Tomorrow’s Guardian is a very readable book
(and great blog by the way! Lot’s of interesting books here – thank you!)
It sounds fantastic.
Sounds like a fun read. Time travel is not my favourite device but for those who love it, sounds like this is a treat.