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Journey From Delphi
Future survival hangs by the threads of the lessons learned in the past.
Pawns in a race to save the modern world from chaos and forced to face down enemies from the past and present, Professor’s Lauren and Zack Fletcher must find in themselves the strength to persevere.
Apollo isn’t finished with their training and the time of reckoning nears.
Still trapped in the past, Zack must somehow survive the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Thera, while Lauren lends her talents to a clandestine group in the present. They both face the possibility that they’ll remain separated forever by time.
Apollo, juggling players and assets from different times, must decide when to sacrifice those he’s become fond of to have a chance of success, as he finally discovers who’s behind the plot to destroy the modern world.
Pawns in a race to save the modern world from chaos and forced to face down enemies from the past and present, Professor’s Lauren and Zack Fletcher must find in themselves the strength to persevere.
Apollo isn’t finished with their training and the time of reckoning nears.
Still trapped in the past, Zack must somehow survive the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Thera, while Lauren lends her talents to a clandestine group in the present. They both face the possibility that they’ll remain separated forever by time.
Apollo, juggling players and assets from different times, must decide when to sacrifice those he’s become fond of to have a chance of success, as he finally discovers who’s behind the plot to destroy the modern world.
392 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 13, 2018
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February 16, 2020
Journey from Delphi is Book Three and the finale of the Apollo Series. And what a culmination it is. Holy moly, Greek-Themed James Bond for the time travel set.
Compared with Books One and Two, this one started a bit slowly for me, and now I can’t remember why (maybe it was my own mindset). Glad I stuck with it, because it really took off, and in directions I didn’t expect!
Zack and Lauren are two “mild-mannered” history professors who are chosen by Apollo to save the future of humankind from an evil plot. Removed from their comfortable lifestyle, their marriage perhaps on the rocks, they are transported to ancient Greece, given the unbelievable opportunity to live the history they teach. Will their intellect be enough to overcome the physical hurdles and challenges that Apollo has set before them, forging them into the warriors the future needs?
Lauren is back in the present with her two adopted Greek children, now high school graduates. Zack is still a warrior in training, being prepared to tackle the evil-doers in his own time. And the horrible Bessus – Yikes! What a dastardly nemesis he is, how does this monstrosity fit in with Apollo’s plan?
This book and this series also left me researching and seeking more knowledge of ancient Greece and our own history. Always a BIG plus in my reading choices. Dr. Patch brings his knowledge as a teacher of ancient civilizations, his past naval experience and of course his specialty as a dentist to add amazing depth and character to this series.
Well done! Look forward to more reading from A.K. Patch.
Compared with Books One and Two, this one started a bit slowly for me, and now I can’t remember why (maybe it was my own mindset). Glad I stuck with it, because it really took off, and in directions I didn’t expect!
Zack and Lauren are two “mild-mannered” history professors who are chosen by Apollo to save the future of humankind from an evil plot. Removed from their comfortable lifestyle, their marriage perhaps on the rocks, they are transported to ancient Greece, given the unbelievable opportunity to live the history they teach. Will their intellect be enough to overcome the physical hurdles and challenges that Apollo has set before them, forging them into the warriors the future needs?
Lauren is back in the present with her two adopted Greek children, now high school graduates. Zack is still a warrior in training, being prepared to tackle the evil-doers in his own time. And the horrible Bessus – Yikes! What a dastardly nemesis he is, how does this monstrosity fit in with Apollo’s plan?
This book and this series also left me researching and seeking more knowledge of ancient Greece and our own history. Always a BIG plus in my reading choices. Dr. Patch brings his knowledge as a teacher of ancient civilizations, his past naval experience and of course his specialty as a dentist to add amazing depth and character to this series.
Well done! Look forward to more reading from A.K. Patch.
September 2, 2018
Is Zack stuck forever in the past? Each day he, almost, wishes he were dead and could end it all, yet he yearns to be back with Lauren again.
If Apollo truly is real and a God, Zack justifies not truly believing in a God if this is the way a God behaves!
Apollo rescues Zack time and again, then further "trains" him to face the future heroically... That is, if he has a future.
Lauren is in the states with her two children. Years have passed, not knowing if Zack is alive or long ago "expired". Her two children are adults, life takes a dramatic change. She believes Zack to be alive but it is she who must now take action!
The trilogy comes to an unexpected conclusion in this last book of the "Apollo" series!
The additional characters are just as interesting as in book one. The reader will feel he/she is experiencing this bizarre adventure along with Zack and Lauren.
It ends in away that will surprise you!
The Book Title and Cover is a very good "fit**Reader Beware: this is a very graphically violent series and has some profanity in it.
*This book was gifted me with no request for a positive review. This is my honest review.
If Apollo truly is real and a God, Zack justifies not truly believing in a God if this is the way a God behaves!
Apollo rescues Zack time and again, then further "trains" him to face the future heroically... That is, if he has a future.
Lauren is in the states with her two children. Years have passed, not knowing if Zack is alive or long ago "expired". Her two children are adults, life takes a dramatic change. She believes Zack to be alive but it is she who must now take action!
The trilogy comes to an unexpected conclusion in this last book of the "Apollo" series!
The additional characters are just as interesting as in book one. The reader will feel he/she is experiencing this bizarre adventure along with Zack and Lauren.
It ends in away that will surprise you!
The Book Title and Cover is a very good "fit**Reader Beware: this is a very graphically violent series and has some profanity in it.
*This book was gifted me with no request for a positive review. This is my honest review.
February 14, 2024
I liked the first two books in this trilogy fine; I had some issues with switching viewpoint characters particularly in the second book, but I could still care about the married main characters. I'm an ancient historian, I enjoy seeing academics in related fields being shown as heroes.
I'm struggling to explain why I really disliked this book without spoiling it for anyone. About 40% into this third book, we have a major viewpoint change (a character introduced in book two) that really felt like a different story. In fact, I urge Patch to tell that cultural/political story in a freestanding book. When that reveal happens, I stopped believing that Lauren and Zack can really do anything to help the "western world".
I'm also not a fan of the reveal about Apollo and other deities, that should been laid much earlier. Pair that truth about the gods with the time traveling and I think I would have enjoyed that much more.
I'm struggling to explain why I really disliked this book without spoiling it for anyone. About 40% into this third book, we have a major viewpoint change (a character introduced in book two) that really felt like a different story. In fact, I urge Patch to tell that cultural/political story in a freestanding book. When that reveal happens, I stopped believing that Lauren and Zack can really do anything to help the "western world".
I'm also not a fan of the reveal about Apollo and other deities, that should been laid much earlier. Pair that truth about the gods with the time traveling and I think I would have enjoyed that much more.
March 5, 2024
Not What You Think
I read all 3 books in this series. I truly appreciate the author's self appointed task of reminding us of what a gift democracy is, but that sometimes it's preceded by pain and suffering to achieve and keep it. I really wanted to read a historical fiction novel set in ancient Greece and was most satisfied in that way by book one. I wouldn't have continued the series had I known where it was going.
I read all 3 books in this series. I truly appreciate the author's self appointed task of reminding us of what a gift democracy is, but that sometimes it's preceded by pain and suffering to achieve and keep it. I really wanted to read a historical fiction novel set in ancient Greece and was most satisfied in that way by book one. I wouldn't have continued the series had I known where it was going.
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