Now, on to the review. I only got about 1/2 way into this one. Joe (Sir Joe) is a normal nerdy professor that has issues with germs and dirt. Alexandra uses her grandfather's magic stones to come to our time and find the hero that is going to save her village from the evil neighborhood knight who pillages and plunders at will. Alexandra convinces Joe to humor her and "meet the evil knight" in Central Park, thinking she is slightly insane. Instead, he is whooshed back in time and has to use his wits and Three Stooges-like abilities to make things work out. Bringing back things like a lighter and a can of mace come in handy in his first encounter. It was not long after that I abandoned the book.
Maybe I have been spoiled with the River in Time Series. I expect a lot from my time traveling books and something about this one bored me. As far in as I was, I was hardly interested in whether Joe decided to return to his own time and become the all important scholar he aspired to be or whether he chose to stay and fulfill the prophecy that he would redeem the village and marry Alexandra. It didn't matter to me at all.
It has been removed with no regrets. It just didn't hold my interest the way I wanted it to.
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