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INTO THE DIM

Janet B. Taylor

Addictive and rich with historical detail, Into the Dim is an unlikely heroine’s story of adventure, sacrifice, and first love, in a high-stakes race against time itself.
When Hope Walton’s mother is killed in a natural disaster thousands of miles from home, Hope’s secluded world crumbles. After an aunt she’s never met invites her to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a brilliant academic: a member of a secret society of time travelers, she is actually trapped in the twelfth century during the age of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Now Hope must conquer her numerous fears and travel back in time to help res- cue her mother before she’s lost for good.

Fast paced, romantic, and rich with juicy historical details, THE DIM is an OUTLANDER for teens. It works as a stand-alone but is also the first in a planned series, in which Hope and her friends travel back to different eras in time.

The 2013 winner of the coveted #PitchWars, Janet B Taylor, has four years’ experience writing web content for a major television network fan site (CBS) that garners over a hundred thousand hits a day. In addition, she has conducted author interviews for the prestigious Historical Novel Society. Janet travels extensively to those places where her novels are set, often roaming around at night to commune with the famous historical figures about which she loves to write. She is a member of several writing organizations, including the SCBWI and the Historical Novel Society, and lives in a tiny town in Arkansas with her family and Dorda the dog, who won’t win any beauty contests, but has a “nice personality”.
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Published 2016-03-01 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Published 2016-03-01 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Instantly engaging, constantly suspenseful, ultimately poignant and satisfying. Loved it!

Into the Dim is a time-travel adventure that will leave readers breathless. Janet Taylor has woven a story that will capture action seekers and romance lovers and pull them along for the ride.

Janet B. Taylor’s Into the Dim is one truly enjoyable read. A fast-paced, time-travel adventure with rogue Tesla science and Middle Ages history, it will make you want to jump back into the English court, after a proper round of smallpox and typhoid vaccines, of course.

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Janet B. Taylor's Into the Dim shines bright. This debut time travel novel captures the imagination and takes the reader on a fascinating journey to 12th century England, deftly weaving historical characters like Eleanor of Aquitaine and Thomas Becket into the drama. Rich with period detail, and an intriguing lead character, this is YA science fiction at its best.

Time travel novels are hard to do, and it’s even harder to do them right. Janet B. Taylor must have the secret formula, because her debut novel Into the Dim is pitch-perfect...Into the Dim is a powerful debut that’s exquisitely paced and full of memorable characters, all set along the backdrop of a rich historical setting. Read more...

Readers will connect with Hope and her anxiety and quest to fit into the world. This book immerses readers into a fast-moving, action-packed story with great characters and an excellent historical setting. Supporting characters are fun and bring much to the plot and development of Hope’s character... This is recommended as a wonderful addition to existing science fiction and historical fiction collections.