Whose life is it anyway?
My professor looked at me thoughtfully. Did he hear me? I was a casualty of boredom, but I wasn't referring to his lecture. My coursemate asked me about Young Adult (YA) fiction. There was a variety, which would reflect the short-span attention of teenage readers. I didn't like the titles with Victorian origins, and I didn't say it because I wasn't dating someone. I had a lukewarm reaction towards teenage characters who were forced to grow up fast. They might not live long to experience adulthood. And then there were stories that would make me wish that there was a time machine outside the room.
I haven't heard of Tony Abbott until my cousin recommended "The Copernicus Legacy." He was visiting New York, and he wasn't looking forward to another meeting with the Statue of Liberty. He didn't like to go to the summit of the Empire State Building. (He haven't seen "An Affair to Remember". He couldn't figure out why I asked him about an old film.) And summer wasn't the best time to check out Times Square. He stumbled into a book shop and then saw the illustration on the (book) cover. Bill Perkins highlighted the shadows, which would suggest the danger. And then he wondered why he came to the Big Apple.
Seven minutes before the nasty character appeared
In YA fiction, a family would be torn apart by eye-popping incidents. A middle-aged woman would be forced down to the floor. There was a sudden pain in her nape. And then she found herself inside a coffin. This was the fate of Sarah Kaplan, while she was searching for a relic in Bolivia. Her family would be found on the island of Guam, as they wanted to get the blade of Magellan. One of Sarah's kids had a knowledge of obscure languages. And he could interpret an old journal. It was a property of Nicolaus Copernicus.
It was hard to tell the number of books that Abbott would publish for this series, but three books have provided me with a lot of clues. And questions. Why would Copernicus fight the Knights Templar? They were greedy with gold and other shiny objects, and they would guise it with their noble purpose of saving the Holy Land from Islam. Eventually, this would seal their doom. For some reason, the descendants of the Knights Templars would end up in Prussia. It would lay the foundations of modern Germany, and anyone who knew the past would know the nationality of this kind of villain. They didn't expect HER to be young and beautiful.
The theory would suggest that time traveling was possible, and many authors imagined it. I could visit a ruin, which would be a simple form of time traveling. But it was rather impossible. In the world of YA fiction, anything could happen. Abbott would hint that only a good heart could find the twelve relics that would lead to the time machine. Ptolemy invented it, but no one knew why he would come up with such a device. Not even the journal would reveal a clue or two. I would sense world domination, though.
It was a predictable yarn, without a doubt. J.K. Rowling could be credited with creating offbeat characters. And I've been around the world. Nonetheless, Abbott would remind me of a legacy that changed the world. The sun was the center of the universe. This would turn Apollo into the leader of the Olympians, but I would confuse Abbott's series with Rick Riordan's Python-esque approach to Greek mythology. It could be interesting, which would make me see things outside the window. And my professor was suspecting me of not paying attention.
