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The Ancient Future - Traci Harding Book Review

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"Tory is transported to the Dark age, 5th century, and falls in love with the prince. They are wed, and all goes well. Then, they are forced to fight the evil and use their wits."
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"A flat tire leaves Tory Alexander stranded near a ring of stones in the English countryside. She resolves to stay the night at the sacred site; a black belt in Tea-kwon-do, Tory hold little fear for her safety...Little does she know that she is being watched across time by Merlin who knows the legend she is to become and teleports her back in time to the Dark Age. Tory meets Prince Maelgwn of Gwynedd and his band of knights who at first believe she is a witch, challenging the Prince's champion to unarmed combat she easily overwhelms him winning the admiration of the Prince and changing the course of history forever."
Aimee, Resident Traci Harding Scholar


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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - alternate history - King Arthur
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - ruler - great warrior
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - destined love (dream or prediction)
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - clash between evenly matched magical power(s) (fantasy)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - champion of justice
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - telekinesis - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - teleportation - can read emotions
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being - Male
Age: - 20's-30's - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King - mage/magician
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - telekinesis - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - teleportation
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount - throughout most of the book.
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
Terrain - Water - Mountains - Forests
Earth setting: - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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