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Delphi's Chosen
Picking up Where Passage at Delphi left off, in Chosen college classics professors Lauren and Zack Fletcher question reality as they find themselves separated by thousands of years and navigate new threats in order to avert disastrous events in our time.
My love for history began early. Growing up in a family of nine children near Plymouth, Massachusetts and educated in Boston, the heritage of our country and the sacrifice of the Founding Fathers was a living, breathing part of my life. I receive a B.S. in Biology from Boston College and a DMD degree From Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. In 1982 I joined the U.S. Navy, receiving my commission aboard the oldest active duty ship in the fleet at that time, the USS Constitution. My interest in history and its lessons never waned. History has so much to teach us, and ancient history, especially of the Greek and Roman periods, has not only proved fascinating but has also provided fertile ground for my fiction. When I’m not working or writing, I serve as a board member of the Friends of Classics at San Diego State University and a member of the Hellenic Society of San Diego. I live in one of the most beautiful cities on earth, sunny San Diego with my wife and two children.
My love for history began early. Growing up in a family of nine children near Plymouth, Massachusetts and educated in Boston, the heritage of our country and the sacrifice of the Founding Fathers was a living, breathing part of my life. I receive a B.S. in Biology from Boston College and a DMD degree From Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. In 1982 I joined the U.S. Navy, receiving my commission aboard the oldest active duty ship in the fleet at that time, the USS Constitution. My interest in history and its lessons never waned. History has so much to teach us, and ancient history, especially of the Greek and Roman periods, has not only proved fascinating but has also provided fertile ground for my fiction. When I’m not working or writing, I serve as a board member of the Friends of Classics at San Diego State University and a member of the Hellenic Society of San Diego. I live in one of the most beautiful cities on earth, sunny San Diego with my wife and two children.
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Published September 8, 2016
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September 2, 2018
As the "Apollo" adventure continues in this second book of the series, Zack is separated from his beloved wife, Lauren and possibly will never see her again...Not If He Can Help It!!
In the meantime, he has to learn hard lessons from the past and is at the mercy of "Apollo".
Lauren is in her own time but must keep the reality of her experiences in another time, to herself. The only good thing in her life is she is temporarily safe, and she has her dream come true...two children. She must make the best of being a single mom, for she may never see Zach again.
The added characters and scenes are easily visualized and very well done.
**Reader Beware, There is a sexual situation bordering on explicit and a few words of profanity. This is also very graphically violent.
In the meantime, he has to learn hard lessons from the past and is at the mercy of "Apollo".
Lauren is in her own time but must keep the reality of her experiences in another time, to herself. The only good thing in her life is she is temporarily safe, and she has her dream come true...two children. She must make the best of being a single mom, for she may never see Zach again.
The added characters and scenes are easily visualized and very well done.
**Reader Beware, There is a sexual situation bordering on explicit and a few words of profanity. This is also very graphically violent.
March 16, 2017
Very often with romance, with time travel, and with suspense thrillers, readers have to suspend their sense of reality to enjoy the book. When I began reading Allan Patch’s Passage at Delphi, I fully expected this to be the case. Instead, I got caught up in the relationship between his main characters and the pacing of the story – which seldom lets up – kept me turning the pages. The second book in this series, Delphi’s Chosen, is not a disappointment. It picks up where the first left off, maintains the pace, continues both the physical and psychological journeys of the main characters – only now they are seemingly permanently separated.
Throughout the first two book I was not vested in the story’s seeming catalyst, Apollo. But at the end of book two the author begins to provide some understanding of him – and of his cohorts – and I look forward to seeing more of them in book three.
Both Passage at Delphi and Delphi’s Chosen are fast reads. This is not because they are uninspired – rather, it is because the pacing keeps the pages turning. Sometimes the Greek history is difficult to follow, but I found that if I allowed myself into the story, the history became a part of the setting as well as the reason the characters changed as they did. Patch manages to give even the most brutal scenes a reason for being, and he also gives the reader a sense of being with the characters as they fight for their lives and the lives of others.
While each book is good on its own, the arc of the story is compelling enough so that I am vested in the main characters and in the story itself – and looking forward to the next book. And if Mr. Patch reads these reviews, get Zack and Lauren back together, please.
Throughout the first two book I was not vested in the story’s seeming catalyst, Apollo. But at the end of book two the author begins to provide some understanding of him – and of his cohorts – and I look forward to seeing more of them in book three.
Both Passage at Delphi and Delphi’s Chosen are fast reads. This is not because they are uninspired – rather, it is because the pacing keeps the pages turning. Sometimes the Greek history is difficult to follow, but I found that if I allowed myself into the story, the history became a part of the setting as well as the reason the characters changed as they did. Patch manages to give even the most brutal scenes a reason for being, and he also gives the reader a sense of being with the characters as they fight for their lives and the lives of others.
While each book is good on its own, the arc of the story is compelling enough so that I am vested in the main characters and in the story itself – and looking forward to the next book. And if Mr. Patch reads these reviews, get Zack and Lauren back together, please.
November 28, 2018
A. K. Patch masterfully intertwines real history with a compelling story line. 5 stars.
November 6, 2019
Delphi’s Chosen, Book Two in the Apollo Series
Once again, hold on to your seat, and your book. Stealing from my original review: History, mythology, philosophy and contemporary suspense weave and plunge through this adventurous second book of the Apollo series.
After a vicious fight with an unstoppable, nearly inhuman brute, at the time portal gateway back to their time in the 21st Century, Zack is left behind, way behind, in 480BC, Delphi, Greece while his wife, Lauren, and their ward, orphaned Cassandra escape back to their time—with the crazed and relentless Bessus in pursuit.
Having lost everyone he loved, uncertain what the future holds, Zack continues his training to become a hoplite warrior, serving freedom, fighting for the future he must preserve. Training is tortuous, dangerous and full of political and sexual perils for this former history professor as he is seduced and coerced for the gain of his new friends.
Lauren and her beloved, Cassandra must negotiate their way through the maze and mayhem of current Delphi. After missing for months, returning in a crime scene of murder and mayhem, the police are wary of Lauren’s explanation, in it’s agonizing half-truth. On house-arrest in an orphanage, Lauren is called upon use her wit, intelligence and martial arts training as her freedom as well that of the western world are in the balance.
And Bessus, where is that malevolent pawn hiding? What horror does Apollo have in store?
Dr. Patch’s writing is well-researched as well as fast paced. It is easy to get caught up in the details and recreation of history. A favorite quote is “Pardon me, your research is showing.” NOT WITH THIS BOOK. Every detail carries the reader along, experiencing the wonder of ancient Greece or the contemporary, moving the story, building the tension, adding to the suspense. What a time and place.
Thank goodness for Book Three, Journey from Delphi.
Once again, hold on to your seat, and your book. Stealing from my original review: History, mythology, philosophy and contemporary suspense weave and plunge through this adventurous second book of the Apollo series.
After a vicious fight with an unstoppable, nearly inhuman brute, at the time portal gateway back to their time in the 21st Century, Zack is left behind, way behind, in 480BC, Delphi, Greece while his wife, Lauren, and their ward, orphaned Cassandra escape back to their time—with the crazed and relentless Bessus in pursuit.
Having lost everyone he loved, uncertain what the future holds, Zack continues his training to become a hoplite warrior, serving freedom, fighting for the future he must preserve. Training is tortuous, dangerous and full of political and sexual perils for this former history professor as he is seduced and coerced for the gain of his new friends.
Lauren and her beloved, Cassandra must negotiate their way through the maze and mayhem of current Delphi. After missing for months, returning in a crime scene of murder and mayhem, the police are wary of Lauren’s explanation, in it’s agonizing half-truth. On house-arrest in an orphanage, Lauren is called upon use her wit, intelligence and martial arts training as her freedom as well that of the western world are in the balance.
And Bessus, where is that malevolent pawn hiding? What horror does Apollo have in store?
Dr. Patch’s writing is well-researched as well as fast paced. It is easy to get caught up in the details and recreation of history. A favorite quote is “Pardon me, your research is showing.” NOT WITH THIS BOOK. Every detail carries the reader along, experiencing the wonder of ancient Greece or the contemporary, moving the story, building the tension, adding to the suspense. What a time and place.
Thank goodness for Book Three, Journey from Delphi.
February 5, 2024
While I'm still not a fan of literature that diverts from time to time into the viewpoints of more than two main characters, the interspersing of what is happening to Lauren in the modern day and Zack in the 5th century BCE was slow enough to get me time to feel connected to each character yet quick enough to keep me interested. I'm still finding difficult to buy into the overall premise of Apollo's goal.
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