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In The Dawn's Early Light ReviewIn the Dawn's Early Lightby J. Albert Handford
As reviewed by New York Times best selling author Ellen Tanner Marsh
Imagine a novel that combines the military thriller fiction of Tom Clancy with the science fiction of time travel as well as the allegory / fairy-tale / adventure story of Alice in Wonderland. Then imagine a novel that contains the unlikely pairing of an intercepted aircraft carrier and a first lady named "Snow White." Imagine the kind of situation that would cause the United Nations to deploy peace-keeping troops in the United States--all as a result of a chain of events beginning with the machinations of someone known as "Dr. Whosh." Imagine these things, and you will have the beginning--but just the beginning--of an idea of what you will encounter in J. Albert Handford's debut novel, In the Dawn's Early Light.
The story begins on board the U.S.S. Constitution, which--as part of a secret military operation known only as "Project Wonderland"--is transporting a mysterious component known as a "sandbox" to Pearl Harbor. En route, the purportedly invulnerable aircraft carrier is intercepted and ultimately transported to Guam--in the year 1421, even as the president of the United States attempts feverishly to reestablish contact with the missing vessel.
And that is just the opening of Handford's astonishing novel; it would be far too involved a task to recount all the twists and turns of a plot which so skillfully combines a series of disparate literary genres and which becomes--as it seems with every page--"curiouser and curiouser," in the words of young Alice. From the very first page reality is disrupted as Handford brings in not Lord Jim or Captain Nemo to get to the bottom of "Project Wonderland" and the aircraft carrier's disappearance, but Dr. Whosh--and a whole cast of other characters with the kind of allegorical names one would not expect in a military thriller.
It is a very difficult task for a first-time novelist to so radically combine such disparate modes of fiction and make them work in seamless progression. And yet, because Handford tells such a compelling and page-turning tale, and because he knows how to disrupt expectations from the very beginning, he is quite up to the task. Surprisingly, admirably, In the Dawn's Early Light--a novel which takes its title from the National Anthem--remains a military thriller that delves intriguingly into the notion of what freedom is and what it means, and how it can be taken from us (think of the double meaning in this novel of the phrase "missing Constitution"). But in its use of science fiction and characters out of allegory, Handford has elevated the concept of freedom above mere realism or timeliness, and given it the timeless resonance of a fairy tale.BookSurge LLC, An Amazon.com company
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In The Dawn's Early Light OverviewIn the Dawn's Early Light is the new debut science fiction fantasy that takes a bold leap into adventure on the high seas. Wildly original, J. Albert Handford creates a unique blend of happenstance and sheer ingenuity in this time warp space epic that reads like a humanitarian peace mission. Ultimately, this is a story about the American dream and what it truly means to be bold and patriotic.
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