I have a love-hate relationship with time travel stories. When
done well, they’re a joy. I won’t name any of the
disappointments, but the winners include THE TIME MACHINE by H.G.
Wells, a number of novels by Andre Norton, and a couple of science
fiction stories by James Tiptree Jr.: the award-winning “The
Man Who Walked Home” and the woefully under-appreciated
“Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket.” But there
hasn’t been one recently that has really grabbed me --- until
now.
While THE 13th HOUR by Richard Doetsch is science fiction, it is
also a mystery that strays into the