Time and Again
7 primary works • 8 total works
Book 1
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5
Book 5 of The Danny Sharp series Time and Again, Danny throws himself into life in the past. As he joins the warrior band violence is always close, but he isn't afraid to point out better ways to solve a confrontation. To his surprise Dugal backs him in this. He is now well enough accepted to ask hard questions and to risk getting in the way. Modern justice proves a little harder. Things are as complicated in the modern as in the past. Kelly's mother is unwell, and social services interfere. Protection of the portal, and knowledge of time travel is important, but a case is being made against Raynes. When he marries Moira, it is in two very different rituals, past and present. When Brec's new young slave tries to escape, Danny discovers his Grandfather Dugal's justice is both harsher than Danny hoped but also more subtle than he had thought. Under the threat of the portal being closed, they celebrate the winter festivals in both time zones, making the most of the time they still have together.
Danny's loyalties are divided. Dugal is preparing him to live the rest of his life with them, while his injured mother needs his help and support at home, mourning Danny's father. Though Kelly warns him against it, Danny is drawn towards between his new-found family in the past, but torn by duty to his family and Kelly in the present.
And, in an unexpected manner, we and they finally discover what has happened to his father.
Sparkling historic detail and engaging characters.
Danny's loyalties are divided. Dugal is preparing him to live the rest of his life with them, while his injured mother needs his help and support at home, mourning Danny's father. Though Kelly warns him against it, Danny is drawn towards between his new-found family in the past, but torn by duty to his family and Kelly in the present.
And, in an unexpected manner, we and they finally discover what has happened to his father.
Sparkling historic detail and engaging characters.
Book 7
Book 8
Thrust once more into the dangerous intrigues off the late Iron Age, Danny's childhood impressions are being tested. Tasgo is back as Chief of Seahome, but warring factions conspire against him. As tensions tighten, Danny and Tasgo try to rebuild old relationships and forge new ones strong enough to hold back bloodshed and battle. Can they rise to the new dangers facing them, here and in the modern day? Or is time running out for Danny?
Full of historic detail and moral dilemmas, as an adult now Danny has to overcome the damage of his past history and take on new duties and responsibilities, both in the late Iron Age, and the modern world.
Full of historic detail and moral dilemmas, as an adult now Danny has to overcome the damage of his past history and take on new duties and responsibilities, both in the late Iron Age, and the modern world.
Book 9
In the complex saga that is Danny's life, moving between the present day and the late Iron Age, he is being drawn more deeply into the past, despite the inherent dangers there.
In the present, Kelly's marriage is coming under more pressure. Feeling ill at ease with the modern world, Danny persuades Ken Raynes to come with Moira to an Iron Age Beltane Feast. Perhaps the more joyful side of life in the past will ease Ken misgivings.
Here old friends make a happy re-entry into their lives; but not all old memories are so pleasant. Danny has promises still to fulfil, and danger lurks where shadows lie.
The gripping Danny Sharp series, set in the present day and the late Iron Age, sparkles with historic detail and engaging characters
In the present, Kelly's marriage is coming under more pressure. Feeling ill at ease with the modern world, Danny persuades Ken Raynes to come with Moira to an Iron Age Beltane Feast. Perhaps the more joyful side of life in the past will ease Ken misgivings.
Here old friends make a happy re-entry into their lives; but not all old memories are so pleasant. Danny has promises still to fulfil, and danger lurks where shadows lie.
The gripping Danny Sharp series, set in the present day and the late Iron Age, sparkles with historic detail and engaging characters
The Danny Sharp series Time and Again is a fast-paced adventure story with strong characters set in the realistically portrayed Late Iron Age and the modern day, with a sprinkling of sci-fi to link them. The differences and similarities between the two ages are manifest, but the characters and the changes in their lives dominate the fast-moving saga.
Wounded in the previous battle, and still in turmoil from the loss of his parents and yesterday's violence, Danny rides with Kelly in a warband to save his mother. The two of them are learning to cope with life in the past, Danny's wounds being treated by a Druid, and Kelly fending off the advances of amorous young men. Determined to protect Kelly, Danny rides with her as they chase the 'sorcerer' Kuillok, who they now realise is another time traveller. At a holy spring, powerful Druids bless their mission, their seemingly benign words holding a grim power. Battle forges friendship between Danny and his cousin Tasgo, but the pact between Tasgo and Menki is made at knife point, with Danny involved.
As they go into battle once again, Danny tries to find the commitment his soldier father must have had. As battle rages, Danny sees Kuillok, with his mother in a chariot, fleeing the scene. Danny gives chase, but it is Kelly who saves the chariot from going over a cliff, while Kuillok escapes.
When Dugal helps them take Danny's mother back to the modern, things become more complicated still; D I Raynes turns up, anxious about Moira, and highly suspicious of Dugal, and what Danny and Kelly have been up to. With more police on the way, Danny suggests that they show him where they have been. While Kelly stays behind, Raynes, not realising what is involved, goes with them through the portal to the past.
It should be all over, as in the Parisi village of Seahome a feast celebrates their success, but Menki breaks his pact and it is Danny who challenges and defeats Menki, to Raynes' surprise. Later that night, unable to sleep, Danny hears the howling of the blacksmith Madog's slave as he mourns the passing of his master. While others sleep, Danny joins Brec in mourning the dead.
Wounded in the previous battle, and still in turmoil from the loss of his parents and yesterday's violence, Danny rides with Kelly in a warband to save his mother. The two of them are learning to cope with life in the past, Danny's wounds being treated by a Druid, and Kelly fending off the advances of amorous young men. Determined to protect Kelly, Danny rides with her as they chase the 'sorcerer' Kuillok, who they now realise is another time traveller. At a holy spring, powerful Druids bless their mission, their seemingly benign words holding a grim power. Battle forges friendship between Danny and his cousin Tasgo, but the pact between Tasgo and Menki is made at knife point, with Danny involved.
As they go into battle once again, Danny tries to find the commitment his soldier father must have had. As battle rages, Danny sees Kuillok, with his mother in a chariot, fleeing the scene. Danny gives chase, but it is Kelly who saves the chariot from going over a cliff, while Kuillok escapes.
When Dugal helps them take Danny's mother back to the modern, things become more complicated still; D I Raynes turns up, anxious about Moira, and highly suspicious of Dugal, and what Danny and Kelly have been up to. With more police on the way, Danny suggests that they show him where they have been. While Kelly stays behind, Raynes, not realising what is involved, goes with them through the portal to the past.
It should be all over, as in the Parisi village of Seahome a feast celebrates their success, but Menki breaks his pact and it is Danny who challenges and defeats Menki, to Raynes' surprise. Later that night, unable to sleep, Danny hears the howling of the blacksmith Madog's slave as he mourns the passing of his master. While others sleep, Danny joins Brec in mourning the dead.