Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble

by William H. Keith Jr.

The reader, as Doctor Who, travels with his companions back to America at the time of the Civil War to stop a time-loose rebel soldier from engineering a victory for the South

Genres: Doctor Who

Paperback

First published December 1, 1986

About the author

Bill Keith was raised in the mountains of western Pennsylvania, and served in the Navy as a corpsman for many years. In addition to writing fiction and non-fiction works, he is an award-winning illustrator/artist.

He has also published under the psuedonyms:
Ian Douglas (SF series: Heritage, Legacy, Inheritance, Star Carrier, Andromedan Dark)
H. Jay Riker (SEALS:The Warrior Breed series)
Keith Douglass (Carrier and Seal Team 7 series)
Bill Keith
Keith William Andrews (Freedom's Rangers series)
Robert Cain (Cybernarc series)

Reviews

[Samuel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Only reason I read this was that the last person who owned it left notes on what order of pages to read to get a complete story...gave up halfway through though. Writer was way too big an American civil war buff to write a Doctor Who tale.

[Nicholas Whyte · Rating 3 out of 5]

http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2499018.html

Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble takes the Sixth Doctor, Peri and again for some reason Harry Sullivan to three potential turning points of the American Civil War, in order to prevent someone else form turning those points (the lost Confederate orders which helped the Union win at Antietam, the death of Stonewall Jackson in friendly fire, and Gettysburg). Keith actually rises to some pretty good writing here, by Doctor Who 1980s standards, on the horror of war and dealing with grief. He could have made a bit more of Peri being from Baltimore, but otherwise the Doctor's travelling companions get better exposure this time.

[Joshua · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was very boring and actually too descriptive. Like someone else's review mentioned, author spent a lot of time talking about the war and not much action going on. Yawns.