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Everyone is searching for pieces of 'The Crown of Knossos:' historical artefacts which when assembled allow control over all of history in this and in the Twisted reality. The Hourglass Institute, Redfeld's masters and even the Directorate are soon in the hunt. One by one the pieces are found but eventually Tom and the others discover who is really after The Crown and what their motivations are. It is only then that they realise the extent of the danger, for 'Yesterday's Treasures' can mean the destruction of tomorrow. Yesterday's Treasures is a Young Adult Fantasy Novel and is the sequel to Tomorrow's Guardian
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The is Book Two in the Hourglass Institute Series and is the sequel to Tomorrow's Guardian.It contains a preview chapter from Book Three: Today's Sacrifice.
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Format:Paperback
posted as - UK Indie Review Editor for the Historical Novel Society
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This is the sequel to Tomorrow's Guardian, the first book in Richard Denning's Hourglass Institute series, and what a sequel it is. Young Tom Oakley and his friends Septimus, Edward, Charlie, Mary and Professor Septimus are back again protecting their world from those who seek to manipulate time for their own ends. In this instalment the action revolves around finding lost pieces of the all-powerful Crown of Knossos, which, once reassembled, can be used to control all of history. Once again, Tom and co. are up against their old enemies in Redfeld and Thielmann, but there are new - and more powerful - foes to contend with. With the action taking place both in the present day and ancient Alexandria, ancient Greece and the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in 1851, the novel manages to impart some historical interest and light information to its readers as well as entertainment.
Aimed at a young readership, the style is easy to read and the story moves at a breath-taking pace with many twists and turns. There is always tension and it is never a given that good will triumph over evil. Quite a bit of explanation about events in the previous book had to be entered into in order to understand the bigger picture, but this was handled brilliantly through Tom's narrative, and it never felt like an information dump. It is a joy to see a self-published book so expertly and professionally written and edited. If I had any comment at all it was merely that the page layout was sometimes uneven, with the text on one page ending higher than on the next, but that is a minor issue. All in all, a good, fun read for young adults!
reviewer: Jules Frusher
UK Ed's note: the author is going to sort the uneven bottom lines out so future editions should be OK.
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This is the sequel to Tomorrow's Guardian, the first book in Richard Denning's Hourglass Institute series, and what a sequel it is. Young Tom Oakley and his friends Septimus, Edward, Charlie, Mary and Professor Septimus are back again protecting their world from those who seek to manipulate time for their own ends. In this instalment the action revolves around finding lost pieces of the all-powerful Crown of Knossos, which, once reassembled, can be used to control all of history. Once again, Tom and co. are up against their old enemies in Redfeld and Thielmann, but there are new - and more powerful - foes to contend with. With the action taking place both in the present day and ancient Alexandria, ancient Greece and the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in 1851, the novel manages to impart some historical interest and light information to its readers as well as entertainment.
Aimed at a young readership, the style is easy to read and the story moves at a breath-taking pace with many twists and turns. There is always tension and it is never a given that good will triumph over evil. Quite a bit of explanation about events in the previous book had to be entered into in order to understand the bigger picture, but this was handled brilliantly through Tom's narrative, and it never felt like an information dump. It is a joy to see a self-published book so expertly and professionally written and edited. If I had any comment at all it was merely that the page layout was sometimes uneven, with the text on one page ending higher than on the next, but that is a minor issue. All in all, a good, fun read for young adults!
reviewer: Jules Frusher
UK Ed's note: the author is going to sort the uneven bottom lines out so future editions should be OK.
Format:Paperback
Once again Richard Denning has created what I can reccomend as a superb read!
Tom Oakley and friends have to risk life and limb to gather the pieces of the Crown of Knossos, before it can be used for evil once again, in a race aginst two other factions through the ages.
I'm really looking forward to the third instalment of this series of well written books!
Tom Oakley and friends have to risk life and limb to gather the pieces of the Crown of Knossos, before it can be used for evil once again, in a race aginst two other factions through the ages.
I'm really looking forward to the third instalment of this series of well written books!
Format:Paperback
It was so good to be back with Tom and his friends. It's been a while since I read Tomorrow's Guardian which was the first in the series, but it didn't take me more than a couple of pages to catch up.
Tom has to save the world from imminent destruction and needs all the help he can get from his time travelling buddies to find all the pieces of the Crown of Knossos and stop this happening. I found Yesterday's Treasures to be more complex than the previous book with many unexpected twists and turns, which I did not see coming. Although the plot was intricate, Denning did a great job of explaining exactly what was going on via Tom and kept the story at a level that middle graders can easily follow.
As you'd expect from a time travel novel, the main characters are not all from the same era. I loved how Denning made each one's personality and traits so individual that you could totally believe that they were actually from that particular time. The protagonist in Yesterday's Treasures is an 11 year old schoolboy called Tom. As we found out in the first book in this series, Tomorrows Guardian, Tom is a Walker and this means he can not only travel through time but also into parallel worlds.
I really enjoyed reading the first book in this series, but I totally loved Yesterday's Treasures. The characters were amazing and I adored how Denning managed to bring great chunks of history back to life and create this fantastical time travel story around actual events. It is obvious that he has done a lot of research into the characters, events and places talked about in the book.
My final thoughts? Excellent! This series is a must read for time travel lovers, whether you're a middle-grader or a grandparent!
Tom has to save the world from imminent destruction and needs all the help he can get from his time travelling buddies to find all the pieces of the Crown of Knossos and stop this happening. I found Yesterday's Treasures to be more complex than the previous book with many unexpected twists and turns, which I did not see coming. Although the plot was intricate, Denning did a great job of explaining exactly what was going on via Tom and kept the story at a level that middle graders can easily follow.
As you'd expect from a time travel novel, the main characters are not all from the same era. I loved how Denning made each one's personality and traits so individual that you could totally believe that they were actually from that particular time. The protagonist in Yesterday's Treasures is an 11 year old schoolboy called Tom. As we found out in the first book in this series, Tomorrows Guardian, Tom is a Walker and this means he can not only travel through time but also into parallel worlds.
I really enjoyed reading the first book in this series, but I totally loved Yesterday's Treasures. The characters were amazing and I adored how Denning managed to bring great chunks of history back to life and create this fantastical time travel story around actual events. It is obvious that he has done a lot of research into the characters, events and places talked about in the book.
My final thoughts? Excellent! This series is a must read for time travel lovers, whether you're a middle-grader or a grandparent!
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