The Watch
Eos, January, 2002.
Hardcover, 356 pages.
ISBN: 0380977621
As he lays on his deathbed, the anarchist prince
Peter Alexeivch Kropotkin is visited by a mysterious
man from the future. He is offered a new life in
the year 1999. Between wracking coughs, Kropotkin
agrees, and is instantly transported to the year 1999,
with his own, rejuvenated body, a passport, a green
card, but no money. Alone in Richmond, Virginia,
a city with a racially turbulent past, Kropotkin
starts over at life. He meets Rachel Pederson, a
social worker who helps him, and beings to
put a life together. As he adjusts to life in the 20th
century, he begins to see that all the old social
injustices that he fought against in his old life
still exist. And he begins to wonder what his
benefactor wants from him. Is his life his to
lead, or is there something more sinister going on?
Dennis Danvers (Circuit of Heavan) presents us with a thought-provoking time travel novel that is sure to fascinate. Danvers' novels always explore some facet of our society, and this novel is no exception. A bittersweet love story, as well as an exploration of the themes of freedom, self-determinism, racism and social ethics, The Watch is also a funny and moving story of a man who is displaced in time. Don't miss it.
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This review was published in the April, 2002 of The Internet Writing Journal.
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