The Skin Map (Bright Empire Series Bk 1) by Stephen R. Lawhead

By: Lin Ryals on 3:15:00 AM

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Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure

Review: Kit is an average Londoner who has average problems. He isn't really happy with anything in his life but nothing is horrible either. Then, after a series of very bad luck on the metro system or "tube" he bumps into someone he never expected to see -- his great grandfather. Of course, after doing the math the man should have been over 125 years old. Suddenly, Kit finds himself with his grandfather in another world in another time using the ley lines (dimension and time jumps). Together, they go on an adventure to find the skin map that is a map of the ley lines that has been tattooed to the skin of a fellow "Questor".

This was a fun read. The only problem that I had with it was the fact that I kept getting confused. There are quite a few characters and a lot of jumping in time and locations and I tended to get confused. I am also sometimes a bit ditzy so that could have something to do with it as well. Overall, this was a great adventure with plenty of suspense and humor mingled in it as well. To see the review on The Bone House (the sequel) click here.

Author:  Lawhead was born in Nebraska in 1950. His childhood was spent around the U.S. and then he later earned his degree in Fine Arts and spent two years in school for theology. He started full time writing in 1981 and has since written many books. He and his wife, Alice, live in Oxford England and he is father of two boys.

Rating:  **** Four Stars

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