A Passage In Time by Cidney Swanson


A Passage In Time
A Thief In Time Book #7

Cidney Swanson

5 Stars


Pages:258

Published: 14 January 2022

Publisher: Williams Press


Publisher’s Blurb

DaVinci is ready for a Bahamas vacay with her hunky Roman-soldier boyfriend Quintus, but trouble brews when Quintus Valerius hears slander against Julius Caesar and wants to go back in time to fix things. 

Meanwhile, another physicist is unlocking the secrets of time travel. When a trip to 1935 unites them along with Walt Disney (and a photographer trailing Disney), things go sideways and history is damaged. Now Quintus and DaVinci must patch up their differences and race to restore things before Disneyland vanishes forever!

 

Review

Quintus is not a happy Roman. Something has come to light that isn’t exactly kind to his hero’s reputation and he and his girlfriend DaVinci need to travel back to 1935 to get rid of the evidence.

Meanwhile Robert Duval is building his own time machine in order to eradicate Disneyland from history after he was banned from the House of Mouse as a child.

What follows is a fun timey-whimey jaunt to 1930’s France where Quintus & DaVinci need to remove the slanderous evidence against Caesar whilst trying not to change history for ever.

Cidney Swanson has created a collection of engaging characters and fun plots in the Thief In Time series of which this is book #7.

Dropping the cast into the middle of a trip by Walt Disney and his family to the south of France gives the reader a chance to enjoy the plot whilst learning a few interesting facts about the father of Mickey Mouse.

The plot races along and delivers some twists along the way – we also see the development of a genius, possible super villain, foil for DaVinci and the gang as the series progresses. Robert may be a genius but is he also ‘Plane Crazy’. You’ll need to read the book to find out

I found this great fun to read and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys anything involving Time Travel, History or Walt Disney

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The Author



Cidney Swanson writes unforgettable contemporary characters who are genuinely shocked to find themselves thrown into perilous or Sci-Fi situations. Well, except for the heroine from Mars. Come on. How shocked could a Mars colonist be to find herself in Sci-Fi peril? After they (okay, *most of them*) get over their shock, they start kicking butt and taking names, and usually do some kissing along the way. 

Cidney’s complex plotting and stick-with-you characters have resulted in a few nice awards, including a Kirkus Reviews annual Best of Young Adult/Teen and an SCBWI Spark Honor Book. 

When she’s not placing her characters in peril, Cidney can be found asking her husband, cats, kids, and anyone else who will listen why it rains so much in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

If you want to know when her next book comes out, visit http://cidneyswanson.com where you can sign up to be notified automatically about new releases, free reads, and even cat pics, if you choose.

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More From Cidney Swanson

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I received a free copy of A Passage In Time in exchange for a fair and honest review

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