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Book Review By Aimee
The Ancient Future by Traci Harding

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.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - alternate history
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - - destined love (dream or prediction)
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
If magical mental powers: - telekinesis - mind reading - mind control - can see into the future - teleportation

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
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
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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