If there is one thing I like about writing a series of books, it is bringing that series to a conclusion. It is solving mysteries, answering questions, and tying loose ends. It is doing things I did not do in previous books.
Today, I do it again. With the release of
Let Time Fly, I close out the
Stone Shed trilogy, a tale set during the
American Revolution. I tie a red, white, and blue ribbon around my sixth (and maybe final) series.
In
Let Time Fly, my twenty-sixth novel, Noah and Jake Maclean, time travelers from 2024, complete a saga that began with a seemingly harmless vacation to 1776. The young brothers find love, adventure, fulfillment, and a whole lot of danger as they try to help the United States win its independence from Britain.
Though the book starts with Noah and closely follows his journey as
George Washington's aide-de-camp, it focuses much more on his conflicted younger sibling. Now an 18-year-old apprentice in Philadelphia, Jake struggles with guilt and regret as younger, less capable boys march off to war. Like his soldier brother, he tries to find his place in a volatile, primitive world that still seems surreal.
As in
The Patriots and
The Winding Road, the first two novels in the series, Noah and Jake nurture their relationships with Abigail Ward Maclean and Rachel Ward, the lovely, spirited daughters of furniture maker Samuel Ward. They balance competing interests.
They also confront a growing threat from Malachi Maine, a sadistic British intelligence officer who is hell-bent on learning the brothers' secrets — secrets that could alter the outcome of the war.
Though
Let Time Fly is set mostly in Pennsylvania from 1779 to 1782, it includes chapters set in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, where the conflict comes to an end. It also features a side trip to
American Bandstand in 1958 and a retrospective from the viewpoint of Philadelphia in
1836. Like
The Mirror,
Hannah's Moon,
Camp Lake,
Crown City, and
Duties and Dreams, my previous series finales, it wraps up an old story with a few new twists and answers many lingering questions. It leaves no stone unturned.
At 136,000 words,
Let Time Fly is my fifth-longest novel. It goes on sale today at
Amazon.com and many of its international marketplaces.
