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In October 1939, Albert Einstein warns President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Nazi Germany is actively pursuing an atomic bomb and urges him to make sure that the United States develops the bomb first. Roosevelt heeds the warning and launches the “Manhattan Project” in June 1942.
In October 1942, Roosevelt tells Einstein that prudence calls for the U.S. to have a back-up plan to the Manhattan Project in case Hitler gets the bomb first. Roosevelt commissions Einstein to secretly construct a usable time travel machine code named the “White Hole Project.”
In June 1974, an adventurous group of teenage friends, who call themselves the “Bad Love Gang,” discover a tunnel leading to the White Hole Project. They learn how to use the time machine and become the first known humans to travel back in time and return. Their mission is to save Jews and Gypsies from the Holocaust in November 1944 by using a U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber that was known as “The Phantom Fortress.”
In October 1942, Roosevelt tells Einstein that prudence calls for the U.S. to have a back-up plan to the Manhattan Project in case Hitler gets the bomb first. Roosevelt commissions Einstein to secretly construct a usable time travel machine code named the “White Hole Project.”
In June 1974, an adventurous group of teenage friends, who call themselves the “Bad Love Gang,” discover a tunnel leading to the White Hole Project. They learn how to use the time machine and become the first known humans to travel back in time and return. Their mission is to save Jews and Gypsies from the Holocaust in November 1944 by using a U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber that was known as “The Phantom Fortress.”
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January 22, 2021
Bad Love Strikes
Bad Love Series #1
Kevin Schewe
Schewe’s debut is engaging, interesting and full of historical facts that will leave his audience entertained and enlightened. It’s an improbable yet believable novella about a group of teenaged friends who go back in time and change history starring an over the top yet absolutely genuine cast. His incredible plot is solid and even though the read is slow at first once the mission begins it becomes an intense page-turner and while the kids banter may at times seem unnecessarily wordy readers will have to remember the ages of these bright young characters and remember back to their own youth to more appreciate this credible chatter. This debut author is an effective storyteller whose voice will only get better with time and leaves his readers after this tale wanting desperately to know what happens next in book 2. This is perfect for YA and adult fans of sci-fi, fantasy and historical fiction.
In 1974 a group of teenaged friends known as The Bad Love Gang literally stumble into a once top secret lab project from WWII one that comes right out of a science fiction movie involving time travel. Now these friends who all grew up together while being affected by all the normal growing pains of teenage years aren’t your normal everyday kid variety, these teens all live in Oak Ridge Tennessee, a suburb of Knoxville that during WWII was known by other names like The Atomic City because of being site of the Manhattan project. And in 1974 (and still today) housed The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a nuclear research facility and these kids are the progeny of the highly educated folks employed there. So we have a group of kids with higher than normal IQs who are adventurous and like many of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s spent most of the daylight hours outside getting into harmless mischief. What none of them could have ever envisioned when they first found the secret lab was that they would change the course of history when they decide to go back in time to November of 1944 and lead a secret mission of their own.
Bad Love Series #1
Kevin Schewe
Schewe’s debut is engaging, interesting and full of historical facts that will leave his audience entertained and enlightened. It’s an improbable yet believable novella about a group of teenaged friends who go back in time and change history starring an over the top yet absolutely genuine cast. His incredible plot is solid and even though the read is slow at first once the mission begins it becomes an intense page-turner and while the kids banter may at times seem unnecessarily wordy readers will have to remember the ages of these bright young characters and remember back to their own youth to more appreciate this credible chatter. This debut author is an effective storyteller whose voice will only get better with time and leaves his readers after this tale wanting desperately to know what happens next in book 2. This is perfect for YA and adult fans of sci-fi, fantasy and historical fiction.
In 1974 a group of teenaged friends known as The Bad Love Gang literally stumble into a once top secret lab project from WWII one that comes right out of a science fiction movie involving time travel. Now these friends who all grew up together while being affected by all the normal growing pains of teenage years aren’t your normal everyday kid variety, these teens all live in Oak Ridge Tennessee, a suburb of Knoxville that during WWII was known by other names like The Atomic City because of being site of the Manhattan project. And in 1974 (and still today) housed The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a nuclear research facility and these kids are the progeny of the highly educated folks employed there. So we have a group of kids with higher than normal IQs who are adventurous and like many of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s spent most of the daylight hours outside getting into harmless mischief. What none of them could have ever envisioned when they first found the secret lab was that they would change the course of history when they decide to go back in time to November of 1944 and lead a secret mission of their own.
November 4, 2019
A fun, musical reading adventure filled with historical facts and Sci-fi thrills!
Bad Love Strikes was a really fun read, and a thoroughly enjoyable book. Author Kevin Schewe has taken a dark time in history, namely the Holocaust and creation of the Atomic Bomb, and buffered it with a gaggle of teens who offer us hope, friendship, and ultimately, a whole lot of fun.
This book is set in the 1940s and 1970s, where a group of teens known as the Bad Love Gang find a time machine set to go back to the years of World War II. It’s a “back up” plan that was devised during the war in case the Manhattan project failed. So the kids come up with a mission – go back and save some people from the Holocaust!
Schewe has worked as a radiation oncologist for more than 32 years, and says because of that, he has learned to always offer hope. This theme fills his book, offering us the Bad Love Gang, who we’ll want to root for to the end, and knowing somehow that it will all turn out okay. Many of the “gang” members are based on real-life characters from Schewe’s childhood and all have nicknames. Schewe himself is featured as “Bubble Butt.”
Mixing his vast knowledge of World War II, with his physics background, Schewe’s book combines fact and fiction well. While I’ve read stories about Oak Ridge, TN and the building of the bomb, I learned even more from this work of fiction, such as the history behind Area 51, and the story behind the mysterious real life WWII plane the Phantom Fortress. I was so intrigued that I started Googling topics in this book to see where fact ended and fiction began.
Making this book even more fun are the links to songs to listen to as you read, especially as the gang is flying through the skies on their adventure in the plane.
I highly recommend this book to everyone, young and old. You don’t have to be a science fiction fan or a historical fiction fan to enjoy this read. This book will transport you not only through time, but out of your real life and into a world where hope rules, adventure is at hand, and music paves the way. Highly Recommended.
Bad Love Strikes was a really fun read, and a thoroughly enjoyable book. Author Kevin Schewe has taken a dark time in history, namely the Holocaust and creation of the Atomic Bomb, and buffered it with a gaggle of teens who offer us hope, friendship, and ultimately, a whole lot of fun.
This book is set in the 1940s and 1970s, where a group of teens known as the Bad Love Gang find a time machine set to go back to the years of World War II. It’s a “back up” plan that was devised during the war in case the Manhattan project failed. So the kids come up with a mission – go back and save some people from the Holocaust!
Schewe has worked as a radiation oncologist for more than 32 years, and says because of that, he has learned to always offer hope. This theme fills his book, offering us the Bad Love Gang, who we’ll want to root for to the end, and knowing somehow that it will all turn out okay. Many of the “gang” members are based on real-life characters from Schewe’s childhood and all have nicknames. Schewe himself is featured as “Bubble Butt.”
Mixing his vast knowledge of World War II, with his physics background, Schewe’s book combines fact and fiction well. While I’ve read stories about Oak Ridge, TN and the building of the bomb, I learned even more from this work of fiction, such as the history behind Area 51, and the story behind the mysterious real life WWII plane the Phantom Fortress. I was so intrigued that I started Googling topics in this book to see where fact ended and fiction began.
Making this book even more fun are the links to songs to listen to as you read, especially as the gang is flying through the skies on their adventure in the plane.
I highly recommend this book to everyone, young and old. You don’t have to be a science fiction fan or a historical fiction fan to enjoy this read. This book will transport you not only through time, but out of your real life and into a world where hope rules, adventure is at hand, and music paves the way. Highly Recommended.
October 29, 2019
It is a rare occasion to come across a book as ambitious, well-researched and, ultimately, as rewarding as “Bad Love Strikes” by Dr. Kevin L. Schewe. This debut novel is a true treasure trove: a mix of historical fiction, sci-fi, heroism and nostalgia that comes complete with its own playlist. The novel tells the story of a group of young people, “The Bad Love Gang,” who, in 1974, come across a time machine portal hidden in a wooded section of Tennessee. It allows them to travel some 30 years back in time to rescue Jews and Gypsies from a Nazi concentration camp in Poland. It’s a sweeping adventure story that is relentless in its historical accuracy and narrative fantasy that you’ll fall in love with from start to finish.
This is the fictitious story of a top-secret government plan to create a time travel machine to be used in case Nazi Germany succeeded in beating the United States in the creation of an atomic nuclear bomb. Though fully equipped and functional, the time machine is never used, only to be discovered by members of “The Bad Love Gang” during an afternoon of motor biking in a wooded area.
The young and courageous protagonists launch their mission and are transported back in time to carry out their bold rescue mission. The plot takes us along with the members of the “gang” as they discover the time machine, research time travel and embark upon this mission of mercy. The endeavor is an ingenious plot device by Dr. Schewe and is enriched by the author’s own historical research and knowledge. Every new development draws the reader deep into the imagination of the author with stunning success. (The preface of the novel even includes a list of characters involved in this saga.)
In addition to the historical accuracy of the novel, the author’s ability to create believable dialogue and realistic story structure is impressive and effective. Enhanced by the playlist of songs, you are certain to feel like you are along for this adventure of a lifetime. “Bad Love Strikes” is an incredibly imaginative and detailed story that honors courage and audacity and will thrill and enrapture you through time and space. With it’s own playlist of songs, this novel will literally take you back.
This is the fictitious story of a top-secret government plan to create a time travel machine to be used in case Nazi Germany succeeded in beating the United States in the creation of an atomic nuclear bomb. Though fully equipped and functional, the time machine is never used, only to be discovered by members of “The Bad Love Gang” during an afternoon of motor biking in a wooded area.
The young and courageous protagonists launch their mission and are transported back in time to carry out their bold rescue mission. The plot takes us along with the members of the “gang” as they discover the time machine, research time travel and embark upon this mission of mercy. The endeavor is an ingenious plot device by Dr. Schewe and is enriched by the author’s own historical research and knowledge. Every new development draws the reader deep into the imagination of the author with stunning success. (The preface of the novel even includes a list of characters involved in this saga.)
In addition to the historical accuracy of the novel, the author’s ability to create believable dialogue and realistic story structure is impressive and effective. Enhanced by the playlist of songs, you are certain to feel like you are along for this adventure of a lifetime. “Bad Love Strikes” is an incredibly imaginative and detailed story that honors courage and audacity and will thrill and enrapture you through time and space. With it’s own playlist of songs, this novel will literally take you back.
May 22, 2020
A Wild Romp Through Time - With It’s Own Sound Track
I’m a sucker for time travel stories, so “Bad Love Strikes,” by Kevin Schewe was right up my alley from the beginning. In this book you get a sort of historical two-for-one, since it starts in 1974, when I was a young man. A bonus feature is that Schewe decorates his story with a playlist of songs from the ‘60s and early early ’70s and invites us to play them while we’re reading. It’s been way too long since I’ve listened to “California Dreamin’’”
Then it transports us back to 1944, which I find especially appealing because I’m also a World War II history junkie. Schewe’s gang of teenage protagonists discovers a time machine built long ago by Albert Einstein, so they use it to go back to WWII, commandeer a B-17, and rescue holocaust victims.
This book is drenched in meticulously-researched historical detail. To me, the blend of imaginative science fiction with accurate fact is an unbeatable combination
I’m a sucker for time travel stories, so “Bad Love Strikes,” by Kevin Schewe was right up my alley from the beginning. In this book you get a sort of historical two-for-one, since it starts in 1974, when I was a young man. A bonus feature is that Schewe decorates his story with a playlist of songs from the ‘60s and early early ’70s and invites us to play them while we’re reading. It’s been way too long since I’ve listened to “California Dreamin’’”
Then it transports us back to 1944, which I find especially appealing because I’m also a World War II history junkie. Schewe’s gang of teenage protagonists discovers a time machine built long ago by Albert Einstein, so they use it to go back to WWII, commandeer a B-17, and rescue holocaust victims.
This book is drenched in meticulously-researched historical detail. To me, the blend of imaginative science fiction with accurate fact is an unbeatable combination
December 21, 2021
The year is 1975 and the group belonging to the White Hole Project want to celebrate but at the stroke of midnight a Russian KGB Agent has designs on stealing the secrets of the project and ambushes them. Once the situation is under control and they think the danger has passed they discuss, regroup and decide to take an important trip back in time to seek the advice of FDR. The secrets are housed in Area 51 and
not only does this facility need protection but so does the White Hole Project. To act, they must go back to where it all began and meet with FDR. This project is a portal that enables them to go back in time. The year is 1975 and the group belonging to the White Hole Project want to celebrate but at the stroke of midnight a Russian KGB Agent has designs on stealing the secrets of the project and ambushes them. Once the situation is under control and they think the danger has passed they discuss, regroup and decide to take an important trip back in time to seek the advice of FDR. The secrets are housed in Area 51 and not only does this facility need protection but so does the White Hole Project. Imagine going back in time and meeting FDR and telling and sharing the future of upcoming world events that will impact him in the past. It’s like foretelling the future without the crystal ball . As the team of the White Hole Project shares these events one member will demonstrate how they transport back in time. FDR will devise a plan along with the team to protect the project and the vulnerable areas that need their expertise. The world is now facing a war as Albert Einstein warns Roosevelt that Nazi Germany is going after creating an atomic bomb. He wants to encourage the United States to create on first. Heeding his words and warning the President launches the Manhattan Project. But Hitler goes after it first and gets it before us. The President commissions Einstein to construct in secret a time machine that would help take people back and forth in time calling it the White Hole Project. Teens are often adventurous, and group of teens took on a fear that would take them from 1974 back to WWII and finding a secret lab from the war . They reside in Oakridge, Tennessee and formerly called Atomic City being the site of the Manhattan Project. Finding the portal that takes them back they seek the advice of Roosevelt and where the answers are housed in Area 51. Their goal in going back in time is to rescue and save Jews and Gypsies from the Holocaust by using a U.S Air Force B-17 bomber called the Phantom Fortress. They find themselves two of the teens in a secret lab that they will keep secret. The lab verifies that the White Hole Project did really happen. As the gang prepares for the launch, the Bad Love gang worked hard rehearsing how they would coordinate their travel and they must choose which door have the GCPD implanted. The author shares the rescue at Chemlmo Poland Phase one and getting to know the church. Followed by phase II getting to the cottage. Hoping that the guards even though if someone got out they would be in deep trouble the scenes ate tension filled. With Ike dressed as a Nazi SS Lieutenant, he would turn the pictures on the driver and the guard. Transporting the group to the church to be processed at the Chemlno extermination camp pulled up to the front door. But in Phase there they would try and rescue the people and getting them to the plane. Meeting the people brings the story more to life. On November 21, 1944, the group was up early this was the third mission ever. The holocaust victims they hoped would be taken to Belgium. Chapter 12 the journey continues and then they had been on the time machine staunch at the time of the launch. Where will the finally wind up as in chapter fourteen the gang takes to the sky. What drives the plot forward are the personalities of the characters, the real-life hardships faced by the victims and their drive to get them to Belgium to safety. No matter how dark the time, you want and more root for them to bring everyone to safety but will the succeed and go back to their own time? Loyalties, friendships and never giving up as the Bad Love gang Strikes we hope a true home run. Real history, science fiction and the excitement of time travel plus an unexpected ending that will surprise readers bringing the time of the Holocaust to life and the determination of these young teens to perform and complete their goals and mission. The epilogue will bring tears to your eyes and pride in your heart for these young teens.
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February 7, 2021
Bad Love Strikes
By Kevin L. Schewe, MD. FACRO
2021
Reviewed by Angie Mangino
Rating: 4 stars
At the beginning readers meet Bucky Smith. It’s June 17,1942 at 10pm local time in the Nevada desert Area 51.
“On this Wednesday night in June 1942, something happened that forever changed the course of history for Indian Springs Airfield in the remote southwestern desert, altering the destiny of Second Lieutenant Jack “Bucky” Smith as well.”
The sky grew light that night followed by an earthquake like eruption only to return to darkness. In charge at the site, Bucky assessed the situation up close for his report of the incident.
“The next morning, everything began to change at Indian Springs Airfield as the reality of the alien spaceship crash began to sink in. By direct order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt the following day, June 18, 1942, this alien spacecraft crash site and its adjacent runway under construction became the nation’s highest-level designated top secret.”
At only 24, Bucky received a two-rank promotion to Captain and the president called him to the White House, asking him to become part of the White Hole Project, a military program that would use Bucky’s skills both as a pilot and as one who could keep secrets under with the threat of the atomic bomb spiraling.
It’s June 9, 1974 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in chapter four when readers meet Kevin Schafer, known as Bubble Butt (BB) and the rest of the teens who would become the Bad Love Gang. Thus begins the adventure that will intertwine the two generations in a story involving time travel and history. With the idealism of the young people intent on saving Jewish people when the opportunity to do so appears, this dark time in history that gave us the Holocaust gets a beam of light from their spirited personalities.
“In order to get the full sensory effect of traveling through time with the Bad Love Gang,” the author shares in the foreword, “I highly recommend that you download the 21-song soundtrack listed on the next page…”
While this soundtrack contains perfect period songs to complement this leap into time travel, and the concept of a soundtrack to enhance the story is appealing, this reviewer is compelled to point out that when doing that on the first read the songs took me out of the story and into my own memories of the time. To give a fair review of the story I had to read the book again without the musical distraction, but that may only be a personal prejudice, with my recommendation that readers try both to find their own preference to enjoy this story.
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Angie Mangino currently works as a freelance journalist, author, and book reviewer, additionally offering authors personalized critique service and copyediting of unpublished manuscripts. www.AngieMangino.com
By Kevin L. Schewe, MD. FACRO
2021
Reviewed by Angie Mangino
Rating: 4 stars
At the beginning readers meet Bucky Smith. It’s June 17,1942 at 10pm local time in the Nevada desert Area 51.
“On this Wednesday night in June 1942, something happened that forever changed the course of history for Indian Springs Airfield in the remote southwestern desert, altering the destiny of Second Lieutenant Jack “Bucky” Smith as well.”
The sky grew light that night followed by an earthquake like eruption only to return to darkness. In charge at the site, Bucky assessed the situation up close for his report of the incident.
“The next morning, everything began to change at Indian Springs Airfield as the reality of the alien spaceship crash began to sink in. By direct order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt the following day, June 18, 1942, this alien spacecraft crash site and its adjacent runway under construction became the nation’s highest-level designated top secret.”
At only 24, Bucky received a two-rank promotion to Captain and the president called him to the White House, asking him to become part of the White Hole Project, a military program that would use Bucky’s skills both as a pilot and as one who could keep secrets under with the threat of the atomic bomb spiraling.
It’s June 9, 1974 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in chapter four when readers meet Kevin Schafer, known as Bubble Butt (BB) and the rest of the teens who would become the Bad Love Gang. Thus begins the adventure that will intertwine the two generations in a story involving time travel and history. With the idealism of the young people intent on saving Jewish people when the opportunity to do so appears, this dark time in history that gave us the Holocaust gets a beam of light from their spirited personalities.
“In order to get the full sensory effect of traveling through time with the Bad Love Gang,” the author shares in the foreword, “I highly recommend that you download the 21-song soundtrack listed on the next page…”
While this soundtrack contains perfect period songs to complement this leap into time travel, and the concept of a soundtrack to enhance the story is appealing, this reviewer is compelled to point out that when doing that on the first read the songs took me out of the story and into my own memories of the time. To give a fair review of the story I had to read the book again without the musical distraction, but that may only be a personal prejudice, with my recommendation that readers try both to find their own preference to enjoy this story.
https://amzn.to/2YTAhhD
Angie Mangino currently works as a freelance journalist, author, and book reviewer, additionally offering authors personalized critique service and copyediting of unpublished manuscripts. www.AngieMangino.com
March 1, 2026
Bad Love Strikes is Awesome!!
At the end of the Bad Love Strikes the 12 young heroes, same number as King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table, realize upon returning from World War II, to 1974, that they are the first group to travel through time. It was a mission to save Holocaust victims and the story of them getting to such a place in time is entertaining, fun, fascinating and, well, pretty awesome. My boyfriend got me into these books and now I have read two, the ones which await are Books #2 and #3 of the four-book series.
I have to really concentrate, and even go back through, the technical sections, but I am getting used to that now. The foundation of the story comes from a time machine device created when the Americans built the first atomic bomb, kind of like a fail safe part in case Hitler got the bomb first. Getting to know the Bad Love Gang, a group which exists in mid-1970s Tennessee, ushers in all their talents, ethnicities, musical tastes and willingness to sacrifice for others. The mission to save the Holocaust victims through the time machine will make a great when the movie is made.
Here is Kevin Schewe’s precision of language when discussing the atomic bomb project, ‘German physicists discovered uranium fission in December 1938, and reported their discovery to the world on January 6, 1939. Their results were quickly corroborated and confirmed to be true. Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard realized that the fission (splitting apart) of heavy atoms would create nuclear chain reactions that could yield vast amounts of energy for good—electrical power generation—or for bad—atomic bombs with more destructive power than ever before known to man. Szilard’s esteemed colleague Albert Einstein gained widespread fame and recognition when he won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921. He was internationally respected for his knowledge and expertise in the field of physics, plus he had a personal relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Together, Szilard and Einstein crafted a letter that was signed by Einstein and delivered directly to Roosevelt on October 11, 1939. The letter warned that Germany was pursuing an atomic bomb, and urged Roosevelt to take whatever steps were necessary for the United States to become the first nation with the atomic bomb. After reading the Szilard/Einstein letter, Roosevelt was said to have declared, “This requires action!” On October 9, 1941, Roosevelt made the decision to pursue an atomic bomb pilot program.’
I really love these books and will be moving on to the other volumes immediately.
At the end of the Bad Love Strikes the 12 young heroes, same number as King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table, realize upon returning from World War II, to 1974, that they are the first group to travel through time. It was a mission to save Holocaust victims and the story of them getting to such a place in time is entertaining, fun, fascinating and, well, pretty awesome. My boyfriend got me into these books and now I have read two, the ones which await are Books #2 and #3 of the four-book series.
I have to really concentrate, and even go back through, the technical sections, but I am getting used to that now. The foundation of the story comes from a time machine device created when the Americans built the first atomic bomb, kind of like a fail safe part in case Hitler got the bomb first. Getting to know the Bad Love Gang, a group which exists in mid-1970s Tennessee, ushers in all their talents, ethnicities, musical tastes and willingness to sacrifice for others. The mission to save the Holocaust victims through the time machine will make a great when the movie is made.
Here is Kevin Schewe’s precision of language when discussing the atomic bomb project, ‘German physicists discovered uranium fission in December 1938, and reported their discovery to the world on January 6, 1939. Their results were quickly corroborated and confirmed to be true. Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard realized that the fission (splitting apart) of heavy atoms would create nuclear chain reactions that could yield vast amounts of energy for good—electrical power generation—or for bad—atomic bombs with more destructive power than ever before known to man. Szilard’s esteemed colleague Albert Einstein gained widespread fame and recognition when he won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921. He was internationally respected for his knowledge and expertise in the field of physics, plus he had a personal relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Together, Szilard and Einstein crafted a letter that was signed by Einstein and delivered directly to Roosevelt on October 11, 1939. The letter warned that Germany was pursuing an atomic bomb, and urged Roosevelt to take whatever steps were necessary for the United States to become the first nation with the atomic bomb. After reading the Szilard/Einstein letter, Roosevelt was said to have declared, “This requires action!” On October 9, 1941, Roosevelt made the decision to pursue an atomic bomb pilot program.’
I really love these books and will be moving on to the other volumes immediately.
April 1, 2020
At the beginning of the story, 2nd Lieutenant Jack “Bucky” Smith is finishing a test flight on the evening of June 17, 1942 over an Air Force Base near Groom Lake, Nevada. After the test flight, the pilots hear a crash and see a glowing object about two miles away. Bucky and some of the other pilots rush to the crash site and soon see that it is not an ordinary plane, but a disc shaped craft that emits a light blue glow. There is an opening at the base of the craft and Bucky bravely decides to enter and investigate. Upon entering the mysterious craft, he discovers a central room and sees six alien beings sitting in a chamber and they suddenly vanish before his eyes. Bucky decides to put the base on lock down until higher ranked officers can be notified about the crashed space craft.
Soon after the crash at Groom Lake, Bucky is promoted to Captain for his quick handling of the situation and is requested to have a meeting with President Roosevelt at the White House. FDR asks Bucky to be a test pilot for a secret project called White Hole that involves time travel. The White Hole project is to be funded by the Manhattan Project which is working to create the first Atomic bomb in Tennessee.
In the Summer of 1974 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a group of High School kids who call themselves the Bad Love Gang, decide to explore an old abandoned Uranium enrichment plant. Kevin and his friend Bowmar discover a hidden doorway in a hillside that leads to the White Hole Project Laboratory and a Time Machine that was built in the 1940's. The boys try to keep the Time Machine secret, but after doing some research, they later decide that they want to enlist the rest of the Bad Love Gang to go back in time to rescue some World War II prisoners from being killed at a prison camp in Chelmo, Poland in November 1944.
There are famous quotes that begin each Chapter of Bad Love Strikes which combines History, humor and time travel into this Sci-Fi adventure. The members of the Bad Love Gang come from a variety of backgrounds and have funny nicknames for each other. Schewe does a good job intertwining the past with 1974. Books that involve time travel are fun to read because when the characters alter the past, the future is also affected.
Soon after the crash at Groom Lake, Bucky is promoted to Captain for his quick handling of the situation and is requested to have a meeting with President Roosevelt at the White House. FDR asks Bucky to be a test pilot for a secret project called White Hole that involves time travel. The White Hole project is to be funded by the Manhattan Project which is working to create the first Atomic bomb in Tennessee.
In the Summer of 1974 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a group of High School kids who call themselves the Bad Love Gang, decide to explore an old abandoned Uranium enrichment plant. Kevin and his friend Bowmar discover a hidden doorway in a hillside that leads to the White Hole Project Laboratory and a Time Machine that was built in the 1940's. The boys try to keep the Time Machine secret, but after doing some research, they later decide that they want to enlist the rest of the Bad Love Gang to go back in time to rescue some World War II prisoners from being killed at a prison camp in Chelmo, Poland in November 1944.
There are famous quotes that begin each Chapter of Bad Love Strikes which combines History, humor and time travel into this Sci-Fi adventure. The members of the Bad Love Gang come from a variety of backgrounds and have funny nicknames for each other. Schewe does a good job intertwining the past with 1974. Books that involve time travel are fun to read because when the characters alter the past, the future is also affected.
April 8, 2020
The summer of 1974 opens with an eclectic group of teens calling themselves Bad Love doing what kids do. Driving motorbikes, hanging out and fooling around. But when they happen upon a secret in the desert their lives will change in an instant. Two of the members, Kevin “Bubble Butt” Schafer and Nathan “Bowmar” stumble upon the remnants of a top-secret project from the 1930’s that involved the unlikely pairing of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Albert Einstein. Named the White Hole Project, Einstein and FDR created and possibly used time travel, but kept it a secret from the world.
While doing research about time travel, Bubble Butt and Bowmar read about a mysterious event in World War II. The Phantom Fortress, a plane that landed with no one on board, intrigued them. Had the occupants of the plane time traveled just as the plane landed? The Bad Love gang soon find themselves planning to time travel to 1944 in order to find out what happened to soldiers in the plane and hopefully save a group of Jewish people and gypsies from the clutches of the remnants of the Nazi regime. They can only hope to make it back to 1974 alive, but are determined to complete the mission they have taken on no matter the outcome.
Criss crossing through time, Bad Love Strikes is full of page turning action with interesting bits of history in every chapter. The growth of the characters from carefree teens evolving to time traveling lifesaving warriors is fascinating.
Much like Guardians of The Galaxy, Bad Love Strikes has a playlist. The beginning of the book gives the readers a song to play while reading each chapter. Songs from the 60’s and 70’s run through the reader’s head as the characters sing the words to the familiar tunes. This added a fun element that really connects readers to the characters and settings. By peppering the pages with quotes from Einstein and FDR, Schewe skillfully brings bits of history to his novel in an interesting way.
Schewe, is a board-certified cancer specialist as well as an author. Bad Love Strikes is the first book in The Bad Love Series and the first work of fiction for this author. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes their history with a bit of adventure and humor. It is appropriate for teens, young adults and adults.
DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: I have a material connection because I received a review copy from Scott Lorenz in conjunction with Westwind Book Marketing in exchange for a fair and honest review. Copyright © 2020 Laura Hartman
While doing research about time travel, Bubble Butt and Bowmar read about a mysterious event in World War II. The Phantom Fortress, a plane that landed with no one on board, intrigued them. Had the occupants of the plane time traveled just as the plane landed? The Bad Love gang soon find themselves planning to time travel to 1944 in order to find out what happened to soldiers in the plane and hopefully save a group of Jewish people and gypsies from the clutches of the remnants of the Nazi regime. They can only hope to make it back to 1974 alive, but are determined to complete the mission they have taken on no matter the outcome.
Criss crossing through time, Bad Love Strikes is full of page turning action with interesting bits of history in every chapter. The growth of the characters from carefree teens evolving to time traveling lifesaving warriors is fascinating.
Much like Guardians of The Galaxy, Bad Love Strikes has a playlist. The beginning of the book gives the readers a song to play while reading each chapter. Songs from the 60’s and 70’s run through the reader’s head as the characters sing the words to the familiar tunes. This added a fun element that really connects readers to the characters and settings. By peppering the pages with quotes from Einstein and FDR, Schewe skillfully brings bits of history to his novel in an interesting way.
Schewe, is a board-certified cancer specialist as well as an author. Bad Love Strikes is the first book in The Bad Love Series and the first work of fiction for this author. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes their history with a bit of adventure and humor. It is appropriate for teens, young adults and adults.
DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: I have a material connection because I received a review copy from Scott Lorenz in conjunction with Westwind Book Marketing in exchange for a fair and honest review. Copyright © 2020 Laura Hartman
February 20, 2026
Went Full Circle, Back to Book #1 to Finish All the ‘Bad Love’ Books
In August 2024 I bought my first Kevin Schewe Bad Love book. This is four part book series involving a group of young heroes from the 1970s called the Bad Love Gang. I have now read every book and WOW, amazing work by a creative author who brought historical realism to sci-fi time travel, just great. I took a circuitous route by starting with Book #3, ‘Bad Love Beyond,’ then in August 2025 I moved backwards to Book #2, ‘Bad Love Tigers,’ then jumped forward to Book #4, ‘Bad Love Medicine,’ and finally back again to the start with ‘Bad Love Strikes,’ the one where the foundation is set. Reminds me of when I binge watched the TV Show 24 backwards, just happened that way and it was interesting.
While the book starts with the spring 1942 test flight of a B-17 by one of the main characters, Jack ‘Bucky’ Smith, the technical essence of the story finds itself in the project to build the first atomic bomb, known as Manhattan and first conceived when Albert Einstein warned President Roosevelt that Nazi Germany was trying build the first bomb.
In October 1942, Roosevelt tells Einstein that prudence calls for the U.S. to have a back-up plan to the Manhattan Project in case Hitler gets the bomb first. Roosevelt commissions Einstein to secretly construct a usable time travel machine. Coined as the White Hole Project, it was then discovered in 1974 by an adventurous group of teenage friends who call themselves the Bad Love Gang.
This colorful group of teenage heroic geniuses learn how to use the time machine and become the first known humans to travel back in time and return. Their mission is to save Jews and Gypsies from the Holocaust in November 1944 by using a U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber that was known as ‘The Phantom Fortress.’
Incredible work and I feel good about having tackled the entire Bad Love series.
In August 2024 I bought my first Kevin Schewe Bad Love book. This is four part book series involving a group of young heroes from the 1970s called the Bad Love Gang. I have now read every book and WOW, amazing work by a creative author who brought historical realism to sci-fi time travel, just great. I took a circuitous route by starting with Book #3, ‘Bad Love Beyond,’ then in August 2025 I moved backwards to Book #2, ‘Bad Love Tigers,’ then jumped forward to Book #4, ‘Bad Love Medicine,’ and finally back again to the start with ‘Bad Love Strikes,’ the one where the foundation is set. Reminds me of when I binge watched the TV Show 24 backwards, just happened that way and it was interesting.
While the book starts with the spring 1942 test flight of a B-17 by one of the main characters, Jack ‘Bucky’ Smith, the technical essence of the story finds itself in the project to build the first atomic bomb, known as Manhattan and first conceived when Albert Einstein warned President Roosevelt that Nazi Germany was trying build the first bomb.
In October 1942, Roosevelt tells Einstein that prudence calls for the U.S. to have a back-up plan to the Manhattan Project in case Hitler gets the bomb first. Roosevelt commissions Einstein to secretly construct a usable time travel machine. Coined as the White Hole Project, it was then discovered in 1974 by an adventurous group of teenage friends who call themselves the Bad Love Gang.
This colorful group of teenage heroic geniuses learn how to use the time machine and become the first known humans to travel back in time and return. Their mission is to save Jews and Gypsies from the Holocaust in November 1944 by using a U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber that was known as ‘The Phantom Fortress.’
Incredible work and I feel good about having tackled the entire Bad Love series.
August 8, 2021
BAD LOVE STRIKES is a "trip" through time, complete with love, intrigue, sadness, and adventure! Kevin Schewe, MD. FACRO provides the reader with a playlist to help set each scene in the book and gives a wide-range of details about time-specific motorcycles and airplanes. The author's detailed research holds the reader's interest, and transports the reader through time as if Dr. Schewe has lived the experience himself.
Kevin "Bubble Butt" Schafer, and his group of close high school friends (each with their own unique nickname), are known as the "Bad Love Gang". They are a close-knit group, and they live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The "Secret City" was developed in 1942 when a tract of land was purchased to further the "Manhattan Project" during World War Two, but could there have been another project developed in Oak Ridge simultaneously?
The Bad Love Gang stumbles upon a time machine and decides to go on a noble mission to rescue a small number of Holocaust victims. Will the gang make it to 1944, and if they do, will they survive?
I live about an hour away from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and I like to read about time travel and World War Two, so I enjoyed the book. The descriptions of scientific theories and real historical places and events added to the appeal of the story. Additionally, I'm passionate about music, so the references to fifties, sixties, and seventies music helped to set the scene for me. The camaraderie was heart-felt, and I could feel myself laughing and dancing in the moment with the gang as they traveled across... Well, I won't tell you where. You'll have to read the book to find out!
I recommend the book for young adults and experienced readers. As the author advises, read the story while listening to the playlist in the beginning pages of the book, but most of all...
"Live dangerously, have fun, don't die!"-The Bad Love Gang Motto
Kevin "Bubble Butt" Schafer, and his group of close high school friends (each with their own unique nickname), are known as the "Bad Love Gang". They are a close-knit group, and they live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The "Secret City" was developed in 1942 when a tract of land was purchased to further the "Manhattan Project" during World War Two, but could there have been another project developed in Oak Ridge simultaneously?
The Bad Love Gang stumbles upon a time machine and decides to go on a noble mission to rescue a small number of Holocaust victims. Will the gang make it to 1944, and if they do, will they survive?
I live about an hour away from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and I like to read about time travel and World War Two, so I enjoyed the book. The descriptions of scientific theories and real historical places and events added to the appeal of the story. Additionally, I'm passionate about music, so the references to fifties, sixties, and seventies music helped to set the scene for me. The camaraderie was heart-felt, and I could feel myself laughing and dancing in the moment with the gang as they traveled across... Well, I won't tell you where. You'll have to read the book to find out!
I recommend the book for young adults and experienced readers. As the author advises, read the story while listening to the playlist in the beginning pages of the book, but most of all...
"Live dangerously, have fun, don't die!"-The Bad Love Gang Motto
February 25, 2026
Bad Love Strikes Sets the Table for Whole Bad Love Series
My respect for Kevin Schewe as a creator of storylines and worlds in his historical-sci fi book series is off the charts. First, his research is totally thorough; second, his ability to switch time periods and keep the narrative moving is seamless; third, the characters he created bring enough reality and creativity to satisfy both aspects. Lastly is how real life historical figures are a real part of the story, and Schewe made sure he nailed their mannerisms and personalities.
‘Bad Love Strikes’ is the first in the series and where the basis for the following books is established. The reader is introduced to how the Manhattan Project, to build the first atomic weapons, gave rise to an even more secret time machine project, this in parallel with getting to know the young Bad Love Gang who posses such colorful nicknames such as Kevin “Bubble Butt” Schafer, Nathan “Bowmar” Williams, Brianna “Cleopatra” Williams, Jimmy “Goondoggy” Blanchert or Billy “Willy” Blanchert, just to name a few.
Then the adventure begins with the discovery of alien technology called Exotic Matter, how World War II plays into the storyline with the Nazi Holocaust and alien spaceships crashing on earth. But what also plays into the story is the 1970s Cold War with Soviet secret agents and the Bad Love Gang's hometown of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which was one of the main hubs of the Manhattan atomic bomb project.
The final act is the utilization of the time travel machine, called the White Hole Project, to save potential victims of the Nazi Holocaust in Poland. This is exciting and worth the effort getting to that point in the story. As some might say, ‘Bad Love Strikes’ totally rocks.
My respect for Kevin Schewe as a creator of storylines and worlds in his historical-sci fi book series is off the charts. First, his research is totally thorough; second, his ability to switch time periods and keep the narrative moving is seamless; third, the characters he created bring enough reality and creativity to satisfy both aspects. Lastly is how real life historical figures are a real part of the story, and Schewe made sure he nailed their mannerisms and personalities.
‘Bad Love Strikes’ is the first in the series and where the basis for the following books is established. The reader is introduced to how the Manhattan Project, to build the first atomic weapons, gave rise to an even more secret time machine project, this in parallel with getting to know the young Bad Love Gang who posses such colorful nicknames such as Kevin “Bubble Butt” Schafer, Nathan “Bowmar” Williams, Brianna “Cleopatra” Williams, Jimmy “Goondoggy” Blanchert or Billy “Willy” Blanchert, just to name a few.
Then the adventure begins with the discovery of alien technology called Exotic Matter, how World War II plays into the storyline with the Nazi Holocaust and alien spaceships crashing on earth. But what also plays into the story is the 1970s Cold War with Soviet secret agents and the Bad Love Gang's hometown of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which was one of the main hubs of the Manhattan atomic bomb project.
The final act is the utilization of the time travel machine, called the White Hole Project, to save potential victims of the Nazi Holocaust in Poland. This is exciting and worth the effort getting to that point in the story. As some might say, ‘Bad Love Strikes’ totally rocks.
August 28, 2025
Starts at Area 51 with Alien Crafts & Ends Up in European WW2
‘Bad Love Strikes’ is where the foundation of Kevin Schewe’s four-book Adventure-Sci Fi series begins, and it starts right off with World War Two test flights at Groom Dry Lake, a place in the Nevada desert known to the world as Area 51. In June 1942, one of the main characters, Jack ‘Bucky’ Smith, experiences an event “that forever changed the course of history for Indian Springs Airfield.” This event also sets the course not only the first book but all four, and that involves Alien space-aircraft, high tech from advanced civilizations world and in turn, time travel.
Bucky Smith’s novel approach to finding and securing the Alien airship earns him accolades and an invitation to meet not only President Roosevelt but the cast of brilliant people involved in the Manhattan Project. Entering the world of what it took to build the first Atomic Bomb allows author Schewe to brilliantly weave in all sorts of story lines into the mix, especially the time travel and alien tech.
And thus the table is set for real history mixed with high and low tech adventure, which eventually involves a group of young, basically highly intelligent and skilled kids, traveling through time to right the wrongs of this world, which in this book involves the Holocaust taking place in 1944 occupied Poland
While it is not necessary to start at Book #1, ‘Bad Love Strikes’ (I started on Book #2, ‘Bad Love Tigers’), it probably is not a bad idea. Happy Wandering through time, space and history.
‘Bad Love Strikes’ is where the foundation of Kevin Schewe’s four-book Adventure-Sci Fi series begins, and it starts right off with World War Two test flights at Groom Dry Lake, a place in the Nevada desert known to the world as Area 51. In June 1942, one of the main characters, Jack ‘Bucky’ Smith, experiences an event “that forever changed the course of history for Indian Springs Airfield.” This event also sets the course not only the first book but all four, and that involves Alien space-aircraft, high tech from advanced civilizations world and in turn, time travel.
Bucky Smith’s novel approach to finding and securing the Alien airship earns him accolades and an invitation to meet not only President Roosevelt but the cast of brilliant people involved in the Manhattan Project. Entering the world of what it took to build the first Atomic Bomb allows author Schewe to brilliantly weave in all sorts of story lines into the mix, especially the time travel and alien tech.
And thus the table is set for real history mixed with high and low tech adventure, which eventually involves a group of young, basically highly intelligent and skilled kids, traveling through time to right the wrongs of this world, which in this book involves the Holocaust taking place in 1944 occupied Poland
While it is not necessary to start at Book #1, ‘Bad Love Strikes’ (I started on Book #2, ‘Bad Love Tigers’), it probably is not a bad idea. Happy Wandering through time, space and history.
April 8, 2020
Bad Love Strikes is a really fun historical fiction/alternative history novel about a group of friends who find a top secret project from World War II. The “White Hold Project” was President Roosevelt’s Plan B should the “Manhattan Project” not work. He tasked Albert Einstein with building a time machine to win the war.
The friend group is well-developed and you quickly feel like you know the characters and understand the group dynamic and their motivations. It doesn’t feel forced and makes the interesting plot all the more enjoyable.
The friends, living in our present, find the secret “White Hold Project,” learn how to use it and go on a mission to save millions of lives from the Holocaust. The adventure is a fast fun ride from there. There are unexpected twists and turns that make for an enjoyable mystery/thriller.
The historical setting is really well done and adds a lot to the story. It transports you to that time period and you live the adventure through the lense of the characters.
All-in-all, I had a really fun time reading this book and would recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery and/or thriller. If you enjoy history, don’t expect a history treatise, but you should enjoy the setting and details included. I love a good band-of-adventurers story and this one fits the bill nicely. Pick it up and escape the current craziness going on and live in this fictional world for a while. You’ll be glad you did.
The friend group is well-developed and you quickly feel like you know the characters and understand the group dynamic and their motivations. It doesn’t feel forced and makes the interesting plot all the more enjoyable.
The friends, living in our present, find the secret “White Hold Project,” learn how to use it and go on a mission to save millions of lives from the Holocaust. The adventure is a fast fun ride from there. There are unexpected twists and turns that make for an enjoyable mystery/thriller.
The historical setting is really well done and adds a lot to the story. It transports you to that time period and you live the adventure through the lense of the characters.
All-in-all, I had a really fun time reading this book and would recommend it to anyone who loves a good mystery and/or thriller. If you enjoy history, don’t expect a history treatise, but you should enjoy the setting and details included. I love a good band-of-adventurers story and this one fits the bill nicely. Pick it up and escape the current craziness going on and live in this fictional world for a while. You’ll be glad you did.
May 1, 2020
Creative clash of history
I picked this book up in the middle of a horrible thunder storm in the pitch black of night. I'm talking flashes of light from lightening, windows rattling from thunder and a down pour of rain. It was already a spooky night but this book made it so much worse. SOOO SOOO MUCH WORSE.
At first, I couldn’t figure out if it was non fiction or fiction which added a super creepy vibe the book was written so well that it honestly could be either. It was real enough, believable, detailed, and set in real places that I could easily see it being a non fiction piece, even though some of the plot lines were a little much, the author gains your trust through the other part and you are along for the ride. Similarly, the book is a also written a bit obscurely and has a plot line the is difficult to believe happened in real life. However, I do still want to hold out hold that it could be true.
I think the story I most connected with was Immolation, by Kline. Yes from an outside glance it is about cat that has been infect with a lethal disease that goes around killing people. However being right in the middle of the Coronavirus Pandemic and seeing how viruses and other diseases can be spread on global levels much easier than most of us would ever expect. I give this whole book a definite 5 stars for creativity, relatability, and just and overall fun scary read!
I picked this book up in the middle of a horrible thunder storm in the pitch black of night. I'm talking flashes of light from lightening, windows rattling from thunder and a down pour of rain. It was already a spooky night but this book made it so much worse. SOOO SOOO MUCH WORSE.
At first, I couldn’t figure out if it was non fiction or fiction which added a super creepy vibe the book was written so well that it honestly could be either. It was real enough, believable, detailed, and set in real places that I could easily see it being a non fiction piece, even though some of the plot lines were a little much, the author gains your trust through the other part and you are along for the ride. Similarly, the book is a also written a bit obscurely and has a plot line the is difficult to believe happened in real life. However, I do still want to hold out hold that it could be true.
I think the story I most connected with was Immolation, by Kline. Yes from an outside glance it is about cat that has been infect with a lethal disease that goes around killing people. However being right in the middle of the Coronavirus Pandemic and seeing how viruses and other diseases can be spread on global levels much easier than most of us would ever expect. I give this whole book a definite 5 stars for creativity, relatability, and just and overall fun scary read!
May 6, 2025
It is Official, I have Read All Four Book is in Bad Love Gang Series
I have done it, after finishing ‘Bad Love Strikes,’ the first in Kevin Schewe’s exciting and intriguing Bad Love Gang Series, I have read every book, and enjoyed every one. I started in the middle because I first discovered the series at Book 3, ‘Bad Love Beyond,’ then went to Book 4, ‘Bad Love Medicine’ and then Book 2, ‘Bad Love Tigers.’ After all that, I ended up back at the beginning at Book 1, ‘Bad Love Strikes,’ where the author brings to life the world and characters that offer lessons for us all.
This was kind of like when I first discovered the TV series 24 and binge watched all the seasons backwards, arriving at the start after knowing so much about ultimate fates.
‘Bad Love Strikes’ sets the foundation, and while I kind of wish I had read it first, not doing so in no way detracted from me becoming engrossed in all the books. Starting in the mid-1970s, you meet the strange group of would-be inexperienced adventurers, find out how a top-secret time machine came out of the American Atomic Bomb Project of World War II, and then end up back in the thick of occupied Europe on a humanitarian mission involving the Holocaust.
In many ways, I traveled through time sideways and backwards during my journey with the ‘Bad Love Gang,’ pretty great adventure and well-worth the time.
Brad Butler, Author of ‘Without Redemption’
I have done it, after finishing ‘Bad Love Strikes,’ the first in Kevin Schewe’s exciting and intriguing Bad Love Gang Series, I have read every book, and enjoyed every one. I started in the middle because I first discovered the series at Book 3, ‘Bad Love Beyond,’ then went to Book 4, ‘Bad Love Medicine’ and then Book 2, ‘Bad Love Tigers.’ After all that, I ended up back at the beginning at Book 1, ‘Bad Love Strikes,’ where the author brings to life the world and characters that offer lessons for us all.
This was kind of like when I first discovered the TV series 24 and binge watched all the seasons backwards, arriving at the start after knowing so much about ultimate fates.
‘Bad Love Strikes’ sets the foundation, and while I kind of wish I had read it first, not doing so in no way detracted from me becoming engrossed in all the books. Starting in the mid-1970s, you meet the strange group of would-be inexperienced adventurers, find out how a top-secret time machine came out of the American Atomic Bomb Project of World War II, and then end up back in the thick of occupied Europe on a humanitarian mission involving the Holocaust.
In many ways, I traveled through time sideways and backwards during my journey with the ‘Bad Love Gang,’ pretty great adventure and well-worth the time.
Brad Butler, Author of ‘Without Redemption’
May 26, 2022
In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt was warned about the possibility of the Nazi's trying to make an atomic bomb. The President was advised by scientists to authorize the United States to try to become the first country with an atomic bomb. This was called the "Manhattan Project." It was then decided a backup plan was needed. This project was called the "White Hole Project." It's now 1974 and some neighborhood teens are hanging out together. They decide to go for a bike ride and explore.
This is truly a spectacular book! It's well written and the research for it it spot on. The characters could have been the kids from my neighborhood. I find it very easy to get wrapped up in this book. It's not only for teens but adults too. I hadn't heard of some of the things discussed in this book. It is a bit technical in spots but I doubt any teen or adult will have much trouble with it. This should be part of your teens library! I believe Dr. Schewe struck gold here!
I didn't find any issues.
I gave this one 5 cheers out of 5 because it has all the things teens like. You'll see, they will love it.
The author provided a copy of the book but I chose to review it.
This is truly a spectacular book! It's well written and the research for it it spot on. The characters could have been the kids from my neighborhood. I find it very easy to get wrapped up in this book. It's not only for teens but adults too. I hadn't heard of some of the things discussed in this book. It is a bit technical in spots but I doubt any teen or adult will have much trouble with it. This should be part of your teens library! I believe Dr. Schewe struck gold here!
I didn't find any issues.
I gave this one 5 cheers out of 5 because it has all the things teens like. You'll see, they will love it.
The author provided a copy of the book but I chose to review it.
November 27, 2023
These book are loaded with real history, plus so much technical stuff about weapons, airplanes, this guy did so much research.
I have now worked my way through 3 out of the 4 books in Kevin Schewe's Bad Love series, and even though I kind of went backwards chronologically, I still am finding surprises within each of the historical sci-fi adventure epic tales of the young and fearless Bad Love Gang. Still have one more to go, but Bad Love Strikes was interesting because lots of it took place during World War II in Germany.
The young heroes of the Bad Love Gang are on a mission to save lives by traveling through time back to end the war with the Nazi Holocaust in full swing, but this is only small part of the complicated story that involves alien and human high tech, pop music, flying, Cold War espionage, the Second World War's Atomic Bomb project, selfless sacrifice, genius level problem solving and much more. Many real life famous people interact with Schewe's gang of time traveling buccaneers.
All the elements for a fun series of movie!! I can't wait to finish the final Bad Love book.
I have now worked my way through 3 out of the 4 books in Kevin Schewe's Bad Love series, and even though I kind of went backwards chronologically, I still am finding surprises within each of the historical sci-fi adventure epic tales of the young and fearless Bad Love Gang. Still have one more to go, but Bad Love Strikes was interesting because lots of it took place during World War II in Germany.
The young heroes of the Bad Love Gang are on a mission to save lives by traveling through time back to end the war with the Nazi Holocaust in full swing, but this is only small part of the complicated story that involves alien and human high tech, pop music, flying, Cold War espionage, the Second World War's Atomic Bomb project, selfless sacrifice, genius level problem solving and much more. Many real life famous people interact with Schewe's gang of time traveling buccaneers.
All the elements for a fun series of movie!! I can't wait to finish the final Bad Love book.
December 14, 2023
“Bad Love Strikes” is the perfect example of alternate history done right! Kevin Schewe expertly combines real historical events with an enjoyable cast of characters, making for a read you won’t want to put down!
Beginning with an alien spaceship crash, a witness is called to a meeting with President Roosevelt where he learns of the White Hole Project, a secret project relating to WWII, the atomic bomb, and time travel. Years later, a group of kids called the Bad Love Gang stumble upon the time machine, and are transported back in time to Nazi Germany. They make it their mission to save a group of prisoners from the holocaust.
This book combines detailed history of the 1940s and 70s with a unique plot. Schewe’s way of writing is easy to read, and he adds extra entertainment with the suggestion of songs to go along with each chapter. It sets the tone perfectly! Additionally, it is clear that Schewe is very knowledgeable on history and physics, and that is reflected through his writing. I found myself just as intrigued by the actual history as I was with the fictional aspects. I highly recommend this story to fans of history and sci-fi books!
Beginning with an alien spaceship crash, a witness is called to a meeting with President Roosevelt where he learns of the White Hole Project, a secret project relating to WWII, the atomic bomb, and time travel. Years later, a group of kids called the Bad Love Gang stumble upon the time machine, and are transported back in time to Nazi Germany. They make it their mission to save a group of prisoners from the holocaust.
This book combines detailed history of the 1940s and 70s with a unique plot. Schewe’s way of writing is easy to read, and he adds extra entertainment with the suggestion of songs to go along with each chapter. It sets the tone perfectly! Additionally, it is clear that Schewe is very knowledgeable on history and physics, and that is reflected through his writing. I found myself just as intrigued by the actual history as I was with the fictional aspects. I highly recommend this story to fans of history and sci-fi books!
May 11, 2025
The author penned a thrilling series with a blend of retro charm, historical weight, and classic sci-fi wonder. The setup is irresistible: Einstein builds a secret time machine during WWII, and in the 1970s, a group of teenagers finds it and embarks on a daring mission to rescue Holocaust victims from the Nazis. It reads like Indiana Jones meets ‘The Breakfast Club’ with a time-travel twist.
The characters are fun and fearless, and their camaraderie keeps the story emotionally grounded even when the plot gets wild. There’s action, suspense, and even a bit of heartache as the teens take on an unthinkable task with bravery well beyond their years. The historical details and WWII backdrop give the narrative real depth, and the concept of “doing the right thing, even when it seems impossible” resonates strongly.
This is a great pick for readers who like their sci-fi with a conscience and a bit of old-school adventure flair. It’s the kind of story that could easily appeal to both YA readers and adults.
The characters are fun and fearless, and their camaraderie keeps the story emotionally grounded even when the plot gets wild. There’s action, suspense, and even a bit of heartache as the teens take on an unthinkable task with bravery well beyond their years. The historical details and WWII backdrop give the narrative real depth, and the concept of “doing the right thing, even when it seems impossible” resonates strongly.
This is a great pick for readers who like their sci-fi with a conscience and a bit of old-school adventure flair. It’s the kind of story that could easily appeal to both YA readers and adults.
December 6, 2023
Get ready to be educated on many aspects of recent American and world history in Bad Love Strikes, author Kevin Schewe leaves very few historical stones unturned when recreating scenes from World War II, like going on a B-17 bombing run or entering the horror show of a Nazi concentration camp on a rescue mission. But that is only a small part of a complicated tale which sets the stage for the rest of the books, note, I have three now, Bad Love Tigers is next on my reading list.
If you saw the movie Oppenheimer you will read about many aspects of the Manhattan Project that are absolutely based on fact, solid research.
Time travel, the Manhattan Project, scientists, Presidents, real life warriors, Cold War espionage, it all surrounds the fictional group of young heroes who are talented and braver, are geniuses and yet daring, are both fun loving and determined. I know a lot about World War II, but I learned more from Kevin Schewe, nice work!!
If you saw the movie Oppenheimer you will read about many aspects of the Manhattan Project that are absolutely based on fact, solid research.
Time travel, the Manhattan Project, scientists, Presidents, real life warriors, Cold War espionage, it all surrounds the fictional group of young heroes who are talented and braver, are geniuses and yet daring, are both fun loving and determined. I know a lot about World War II, but I learned more from Kevin Schewe, nice work!!
May 11, 2025
“Bad Love Strikes” is a bold mashup of science fiction, historical fiction, and coming-of-age adventure that somehow works incredibly well. Schewe crafts a high-concept tale where Albert Einstein secretly builds a time machine as a backup to the Manhattan Project, and decades later, a group of teens from 1974 stumble upon it and use it to launch a rescue mission during the Holocaust.
The premise alone is ambitious—but Schewe pulls it off by leaning into the spirit of adventure and emphasizing the moral urgency of the mission. The book is full of heart and courage, and their youthful energy adds levity to a story rooted in dark history. What impressed me most was how the book respects the historical stakes while keeping the tone accessible and optimistic.
This is a fast-paced, high-stakes ride that both entertains and makes you think. For fans of time travel with meaning, “Bad Love Strikes” delivers a truly memorable first chapter in what looks to be an exciting series.
The premise alone is ambitious—but Schewe pulls it off by leaning into the spirit of adventure and emphasizing the moral urgency of the mission. The book is full of heart and courage, and their youthful energy adds levity to a story rooted in dark history. What impressed me most was how the book respects the historical stakes while keeping the tone accessible and optimistic.
This is a fast-paced, high-stakes ride that both entertains and makes you think. For fans of time travel with meaning, “Bad Love Strikes” delivers a truly memorable first chapter in what looks to be an exciting series.
March 14, 2025
This book is a great one that truly is a combination of historical fiction and science fiction, transporting readers from 1974 to 1944. A group of teenagers discover a secret facility linked to the Manhattan Project and a time travel experiment devised by Albert Einstein. With ingenuity and determination, they activate the time machine and embark on a mission to save victims of a major catastrophe. Our author brings the characters to life with humor and dynamism, integrating inspirational quotes and a 21-song soundtrack that enriches the experience. The story balances fact and speculation, including the legendary B-17 bomber. Beyond the action, this book invites reflection on heroism and the moral implications of changing the past. With an intriguing and well-executed plot, this time travel adventure does not disappoint.
March 12, 2025
Exciting
Undoubtedly, this book is one of those works that from the beginning keeps the reader, as we would say in Colombia, "red hot" - this saying is used for situations in which the individual can not even blink, in which he is kept expectant in front of something, and this is precisely what happens with this incredible story full of mystery, action, suspense and drama. Combining these genres can be incredible or it can make the story very slow. However, the author's astuteness and good use of language make this book not run that risk and on the contrary, the reader is kept expectant and part of the story from the beginning. It is a great book and I highly recommend it!
Undoubtedly, this book is one of those works that from the beginning keeps the reader, as we would say in Colombia, "red hot" - this saying is used for situations in which the individual can not even blink, in which he is kept expectant in front of something, and this is precisely what happens with this incredible story full of mystery, action, suspense and drama. Combining these genres can be incredible or it can make the story very slow. However, the author's astuteness and good use of language make this book not run that risk and on the contrary, the reader is kept expectant and part of the story from the beginning. It is a great book and I highly recommend it!
January 25, 2024
Here is a multi-faceted adventure I never expected, a bunch of genius hero kids with a sense of duty and brotherhood out to change the world. 'Bad Love Strikes' definitely sets the tone for the other books and this one is exciting, taking me from 1974 to saving Holocaust victims deep in Germany, wow that was a clever plot twist. Everything is technically explained nicely and then the author throws in all this music too. One thing was clear, Kevin Schewe did his homework carefully to get all the real life particulars right, and then he throws in science fiction/fact to offer time travel and aliens, interesting. Good stuff, looking forward to reading more.
March 12, 2025
Bad Love Strikes by Kevin L. Schewe is a fascinating story that beautifully combines history, adventure, and science fiction. I was captivated by the book's story from the first pages. I find the plot to be very interesting, set in the historical context of the Nazi regime, making the story very intriguing. The blend of real historical events with time travel fiction creates a unique and tense atmosphere. I really enjoy the development of each of the characters throughout the story. This book not only confronts the horrors of history but also challenges friendship, love, and fear. This book is highly recommended for science fiction lovers and those interested in history.
March 15, 2025
I can describe this book as a wild mix of history, sci-fi and adventure. The idea that Einstein secretly built a time machine during WWII is pretty interesting and makes a really funny story. Especially when a band of teeangers use it to change something from the past.
It was nice to read and see the blend of real history with a cool travel twist.
This book is a fast paced one, very creative and I think most people are going to find it really entertaining.
To sum up, it is a very unique book with a bit of everything, adventure, friendship, caring. A great combo that is worth checking out.
It was nice to read and see the blend of real history with a cool travel twist.
This book is a fast paced one, very creative and I think most people are going to find it really entertaining.
To sum up, it is a very unique book with a bit of everything, adventure, friendship, caring. A great combo that is worth checking out.
April 15, 2025
Imaginative read
What a wild and imaginative ride! Bad Love Strikes blends science fiction, history, and adventure in a way that’s totally gripping and surprisingly heartfelt. The idea of a secret time travel project built by Einstein himself is just such a fun concept. The “Bad Love Gang” is a group of teens you can’t help but root for. Their mission is noble, their personalities are diverse, and their chemistry feels authentic. I loved how the book balances real historical tragedy—like the Holocaust—with the excitement of time travel and coming-of-age friendship.
What a wild and imaginative ride! Bad Love Strikes blends science fiction, history, and adventure in a way that’s totally gripping and surprisingly heartfelt. The idea of a secret time travel project built by Einstein himself is just such a fun concept. The “Bad Love Gang” is a group of teens you can’t help but root for. Their mission is noble, their personalities are diverse, and their chemistry feels authentic. I loved how the book balances real historical tragedy—like the Holocaust—with the excitement of time travel and coming-of-age friendship.
June 28, 2020
Great book fantastic read!!!!
This is one of the best books I have read. Keeps you interested and wanting more. Will not be disappointed. The characters are so great. Feels like you are on the adventure with them. Great addition was the song list for readers to experience what the characters were experiencing at the same time. Looking forward to the new book in the series Bad Love Tigers. Don't miss out you will totally enjoy this great book!
This is one of the best books I have read. Keeps you interested and wanting more. Will not be disappointed. The characters are so great. Feels like you are on the adventure with them. Great addition was the song list for readers to experience what the characters were experiencing at the same time. Looking forward to the new book in the series Bad Love Tigers. Don't miss out you will totally enjoy this great book!
February 26, 2020
poorly written, improbable plot even for science fiction. cannot recommend
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