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Miscellaneous Finding Time by Jason Grunewald $16.50 / Poniard Press / 2002 Finding Time begins with Charles Hepburn, a contemporary hunter lost in a forest in England. After three days of exposure, Hepburn is rescued and regains consciousness in the company of a man dressed in a monk's cowl. While conversing with the monk, the hunter describes a once-happy life on his grandfather's farm. However, since then, the grandfather has died, the farm had been lost through eminent domain, and Hepburn's life has not gone well. These circumstances prove to be apropos to the opportunity for change which the monk presents to Hepburn in the form of the medieval kingdom of Becket, founded by a wealthy 19th-century businessman who wished to live in the Middle Ages. Although the plausibility of a medieval kingdom co-existing within a modern country with little spillover is not great, the book evolves into a story which holds one's interest. Hepburn experiences escapes, clever schemes, treacherous plots, the attention of beautiful women, and epic battles during his time in Becket. Since this is Book One of the Becket Chronicles, the reader will have little difficulty figuring out whether or not Hepburn decides to remain in Becket. Perhaps because the author envisions follow-up books, the ending of this one is inconclusive. Yet given the title, my expectation was that some insight would have been gained from his experiences. However, that notion is only lightly considered and although Finding Time is an entertaining medieval fantasy, the reader will have to decide if this is enough. —Ron Hunka

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