A.R. Davis's Reviews > Piercing the Elastic Limit

This is a very nice time travel story. The introduction places the magic within a captivating setting of children playing among the branches of a large magnolia tree, a poetic and romantic image to start the tale. We then go with Caesar to visit an oracle, and next watch Christopher Marlowe demand to meet Satan. These two parts were exceptional, and the author’s voice was perfect. When we return to the present, however, the same style of phrase seemed odd to me. What I thought should have been normal, had a strange sound. The story as well, changes its presentation during the third adventure. Perhaps that was necessary, but I did not like it as much as Caesar and Marlowe. And then to the time travel. I personally prefer at least an attempt at making the time travel hard sci-fi, rather than pure fantasy. This story and its “elastic limit” chose an in between approach.
Despite its flaws, this book is worth the time. And, as the author says, “anyone outside his or her natural timeline ceases to age as a function of displacement.”