Synopsis

From the author of THE LANE BETRAYAL, THE FAIR, and SEA SPRAY comes the fourth novel in the Time Box saga.

Months after stealing two time machines, the Lanes, a modern family of seven, make a stand against the unhinged software mogul who wants them back. They travel to 1941 Oahu to eliminate the billionaire’s mercenary, an assassin who has chased them through time.

While son Jordan, a former intelligence officer, stalks his unknowing foe in the streets of Honolulu, his parents, younger siblings, and pregnant wife settle in the village of Laie, where love, friendship, and opportunity await. All seek refuge from the perils of time travel.

Hitman Silas Bain has his own agenda. He hopes to alter the events of December 7, 1941, and indirectly save a brilliant German physicist, his employer’s grandfather, from certain death. He has prepared for every contingency, except the charms of a beautiful heiress.

Filled with romance, suspense, and intrigue, THE REFUGE takes readers on a thrilling and memorable ride through the colorful, magical, and dangerous world of pre-Pearl Harbor Hawaii.

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Review

There are a few authors that know how to do time-travel novels right, and this is one of them. The books are well researched and the descriptions make me feel like I am in that time period experiencing what the Lane’s experience in each novel.

In this fourth book in the series, the Lanes end up in Hawaii, and this time they are chasing their hunter, Silas Bain. However, he has no idea that they have followed him since he is in 1941 on a different mission. While I am not fond of Silas, he does show a somewhat softer side when he meets a woman that could make him happy if he allowed it or changed his direction in life.

Each chapter is told from a different perspective whether it is Mark, Jordan, Jeremy, Jessie, Lane, Ashley, or any other character. I feel like this gives us a better feel for what is going on in each person’s mind, how they react to different situations and their hopes and dreams for their future. Each character seems to embrace the time period they are in whether it is 2020, 1865, or 1941. Each character has their own adventure especially the younger generation. Some are also reeling from situations from previous books and there are some long lasting effects that continue and we see how they handle those emotions.

This book also makes me think about how I would handle things if I were in their shoes and had to jump to the past to escape someone in the present and how to stay off the grid. It is not something to do on a whim!

We give this book 5 paws up but suggest you start with the first book in this series to truly follow along with the characters and the storyline. I can’t wait to see how the author wraps everything up in the final book due out early in 2022.

About the Author

John A. Heldt is a reference librarian and the author of the critically acclaimed Northwest Passage time-travel series. The former award-winning sportswriter and newspaper editor has loved getting subjects and verbs to agree since writing book reports on baseball heroes in grade school. A graduate of the University of Oregon and the University of Iowa, he is an avid fisherman, sports fan, home brewer, and reader of thrillers and historical fiction. When not sending contemporary characters to the not-so-distant past, he weighs in on literature and life on his blog.

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