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Pinnacle, Oct 2003, 6.99, 416 pp.
ISBN 0786015578
Little Horse Key is an uninhabited island in the Gulf of Mexico where psychic Mira Morales and her thirteen-year-old daughter like to picnic. One day a man in a cast lands on the island, claiming his boat is broken. When Mira goes to help him, he knocks her out and takes Annie into a strange black mist in the ocean where anything electrical or magnetic doesn't work.
When they emerge from that mist Anne and her captor Patrick Wheaton are in the year 1968. Patrick has taken other children into the past through the corridor but only Rusty has survived. When Mira regains consciousness, she follows them through her psychic lines with her daughter, into the past. She is determined to find them and Mira and Annie separately leaves clues in the past. Annie's FBI lover in the present comes to realize what happened. The FBI agent and Mira are both trying to find their way to Annie, knowing that a dangerous sociopath stands between her and her loved ones.
BLACK WATER is an exciting time travel thriller that is filled with plenty of action and adventure. Everything the kidnapper does is because he wants to change one crucial event in 1968 and he is taking the children as a practice run to give his mission a better chance of success. T.J. MacGregor has written a taut pulse pounding work of suspense.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident T.J. MacGregor Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book Descript. of chases or violence - 10% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy story on current Earth
Spying & Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- rescue mission/escape from confinement
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story?
Yes
Family relations
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has magical/special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- mind reading
- clairvoyant
- can read emotions
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
Earth setting:
- current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- some scientific explanation
How much dialogue?
- significantly more dialog than descript
