![]() The year 813-as Wade eventually learns from another time-lost character-is a flashpoint between the crumbling of the Byzantine Empire and the descent into the Middle Ages. ![]() In this series opener, author Parris ( Today You Write the Book, 2015, etc.) shapes his vast historical knowledge into an odd, exhilarating adventure. The place is Swabia in the Frankish Kingdom of 813 C.E. This flings his mind and body back onto the leatherworker’s land. To relieve the agony, he uses a piece of broken glass to prick a sensitive spot above his heel. Later, at Wheelwright Insurance, an incident with a co-worker results in Wade catching his hand in a slammed glass door. The acupuncture is so effective it temporarily propels his mind into the deep past and onto the property of a leatherworker. It can’t.” The day grows weirder during Wade’s appointment. The claim enrages the girl’s father, who insists, “Her face never changes. In the waiting room, he’s pretty sure that a quadriplegic girl named Kreindel Richter suddenly gains muscle control and acknowledges him. To ease these symptoms (and his carpal tunnel syndrome), Wade visits acupuncturist Dr. ![]() This disorder of cross-wired senses might cause, for example, the sight of African violets to conjure the taste of buttered toast. Wade Linwood, a 23-year-old auto insurance salesman from Long Island, New York, has synesthesia. ![]() In this historical fantasy debut, an insurance salesman travels to the ninth century to save a lady love he hasn’t met yet. ![]()
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