The River of No Return
A Novel
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4.3 • 27 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Named a Notable Fiction Book of 2013 by The Washington Post
“An engrossing adventure, with mystery, romance, humor, and impeccable historical detail.” –The Boston Globe
Devon, 1815. The charming Lord Nicholas Davenant and the beguiling Julia Percy should make a perfect match.
But before their love has a chance to grow, Nicholas is presumed dead in the Napoleonic war.
Nick, however, is lost in time. Somehow he escaped certain death by leaping two hundred years forward to the present day where he finds himself in the care of a mysterious society – the Guild. Questioning the limits of the impossible, Nick is desperate to find a way back to the life he left behind. Yet with the future of time itself hanging in the balance, could it be that the girl who first captured his heart has had the answers all along? Can Nick find a way to return to her?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ridgway makes her debut with an accomplished if sometimes slow-going literary mash-up. In the midst of battle, Lord Nicholas Falcott suddenly jumps 200 years into the future. Finding himself in 2003, Lord Nicholas forges a new life as "Nick Davenant" and serves in a time-traveling secret society known as the Guild. But 10 years after he jumped, Nick is told he's being sent back to 1815 on a vital mission. While investigating the Guild's enemies and hunting for the invaluable Talisman, he's reunited with his sweetheart, Julia Percy, who's just started to discover time-traveling gifts of her own. But a war over the past and the fate of the future, as well as desperate attempts to find the Talisman and use it to avert catastrophe, promises either to bring Nick and Julia together or tear them apart. Ridgway offers a well-crafted blend of science fiction, romance, mystery, and historical fiction, but stumbles with overlong explanations that, while helpful in untangling the story's convolutions, stall the plot.
