The Kingdoms

Hardcover, 384 pages

Published May 25, 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-63557-608-5
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4 stars (2 reviews)

A time twisting alternative history that asks whether it's worth changing the past to save the future, even if it costs you everyone you've ever loved.

Joe Tournier has a bad case of amnesia. His first memory is of stepping off a train in the nineteenth-century French colony of England. The only clue Joe has about his identity is a century-old postcard of a Scottish lighthouse that arrives in London the same month he does. Written in illegal English—instead of French—the postcard is signed only with the letter “M,” but Joe is certain whoever wrote it knows him far better than he currently knows himself, and he's determined to find the writer. The search for M, though, will drive Joe from French-ruled London to rebel-owned Scotland and finally onto the battle ships of a lost empire's Royal Navy. In the process, Joe will remake history, and himself.

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Really enjoyed this one. I'm not sure if I really enjoy stories involving ships or if I have just happened to pick good ones so far. The time jumping was well done as far as I'm concerned, and the butterfly effect was heavily in play which a few other books did not utilize.

Deja vu and foggy memories of times that did not happen run rampant through this book. Epilepsy seizures is what the doctors have deemed it to be. I found this to be a clever way to have things set in motion throughout the book.

I was able to figure out what Joe's part in the main story was pretty early on, but I wasn't bothered at all because I was extremely interested to see how he had come to be in the time we meet him at. I felt happy at the end of this book which …

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