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A Ripple in Time #2
The Planters
A continuing struggle for survival in a time long past.
Former Federal Air Marshall Stephen Mason has again done the impossible. He has passed back through an unexplainable time portal and reunited with the three people he cares about most.
It’s 1720, Charles Town, Carolina Colony, a time and place fraught with hardships and hazards. Carving out a life here will be challenging, especially for these modern-day transplants. There are few people they can trust, none in whom they can confide. But they have each other. And they have a rice plantation.
With no apparent way home, the plan is grow, harvest, sell, and make life as comfortable as possible, without getting too far ahead of history. But with a million ways things can go wrong, the execution may prove considerably more complicated.
New to a new world, can Mason, Karen, Jeremy, and Lisa navigate the hard realities they are only beginning to understand?
Former Federal Air Marshall Stephen Mason has again done the impossible. He has passed back through an unexplainable time portal and reunited with the three people he cares about most.
It’s 1720, Charles Town, Carolina Colony, a time and place fraught with hardships and hazards. Carving out a life here will be challenging, especially for these modern-day transplants. There are few people they can trust, none in whom they can confide. But they have each other. And they have a rice plantation.
With no apparent way home, the plan is grow, harvest, sell, and make life as comfortable as possible, without getting too far ahead of history. But with a million ways things can go wrong, the execution may prove considerably more complicated.
New to a new world, can Mason, Karen, Jeremy, and Lisa navigate the hard realities they are only beginning to understand?
371 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 26, 2020
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About the author
Victor Zugg
12 books66 followersVictor Zugg is a former US Air Force officer and OSI special agent who served and lived all over the world. Writing has always been a big part of his life, no matter what the job. While serving in the military most of his writing was job related. But he also found time to publish a number of nonfiction magazine articles, all historical in nature. He traveled great distances to research the material first hand. More recently he’s turned his writing skills to fiction, to the type he enjoys reading—largely dystopian and survival adventures. Given his extensive travels and opportunities to settle anywhere, it is ironic that he now resides in Florida, only a few miles from his hometown of Orlando. He credits the warm temperatures for that decision.
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September 15, 2025
A TIME TRAVEL HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL THAT OFFERS SOMETHING FOR EVERY READER'S INTEREST
☆☆☆☆☆
The Planters: A Ripple In Time Book 2 by Victor Zugg has it all, time-travel, pirates, battles at sea, smuggling, family and friend relationships, struggling to survive in a completely different and somewhat strange environment in a time three hundred years in the past, and traitors within your own trusted group.
The characters are ones that are well-developed and you will find yourself intrigued by how Mason, Karen, Lisa, Jeremy, and Nathan survive in their newfound life in the 1720's in Charleston, South Carolina owning and running a large plantation outside of town. Their interaction with the men, women, and children on the plantation and their desire to improve their lives in ways that are uncommon and at the new time they find themselves in, illegal.
In order to make ends meet and pay their debt owed for the plantation, they turn to smuggling part of their crops to Florida to obtain currency that is accepted outside of Charleston and to avoid English taxes which have been put onto the colonies by the British. Mason, Nathan, Mato, and help from their contacts in Florida take to the seas as black market smugglers facing imprisonment or death if caught.
This is a great book for anyone with an interest in reading an intriguing, suspenseful, action-packed, and thrilling novel with just a touch of romance. It's a book that could be enjoyed by all age groups and will not disappoint.
Just wait until you find out the meaning and use of low rags. It will surprise, gross you out, and cause you to laugh all at the same time.
Read the first book in this series, follow up with the second book, and you will find yourself jonesing for the third book before you finish the final chapter in the second book. They're that good.
☆☆☆☆☆
The Planters: A Ripple In Time Book 2 by Victor Zugg has it all, time-travel, pirates, battles at sea, smuggling, family and friend relationships, struggling to survive in a completely different and somewhat strange environment in a time three hundred years in the past, and traitors within your own trusted group.
The characters are ones that are well-developed and you will find yourself intrigued by how Mason, Karen, Lisa, Jeremy, and Nathan survive in their newfound life in the 1720's in Charleston, South Carolina owning and running a large plantation outside of town. Their interaction with the men, women, and children on the plantation and their desire to improve their lives in ways that are uncommon and at the new time they find themselves in, illegal.
In order to make ends meet and pay their debt owed for the plantation, they turn to smuggling part of their crops to Florida to obtain currency that is accepted outside of Charleston and to avoid English taxes which have been put onto the colonies by the British. Mason, Nathan, Mato, and help from their contacts in Florida take to the seas as black market smugglers facing imprisonment or death if caught.
This is a great book for anyone with an interest in reading an intriguing, suspenseful, action-packed, and thrilling novel with just a touch of romance. It's a book that could be enjoyed by all age groups and will not disappoint.
Just wait until you find out the meaning and use of low rags. It will surprise, gross you out, and cause you to laugh all at the same time.
Read the first book in this series, follow up with the second book, and you will find yourself jonesing for the third book before you finish the final chapter in the second book. They're that good.
October 17, 2024
Book 2
This is s sequel to a ripple in time. I really enjoyed both time travel books it is interesting to read about how 21st century man adapts to the early 18th century. The characters are interesting and you fund yourself cheering on each success that have. I plan to read the next book.
This is s sequel to a ripple in time. I really enjoyed both time travel books it is interesting to read about how 21st century man adapts to the early 18th century. The characters are interesting and you fund yourself cheering on each success that have. I plan to read the next book.
August 23, 2025
I am now reading book #3 in the "A Ripple in Time" series and I have totally loved them. I have even been keeping my husband (not a reader) up to date on the characters and happenings in the colonial era. I live in Deltona, Fl. and love and the realistic daily life of survival and actual history in the 1700s.
I congratulate author Victor Zugg on bringing real history to life through great story telling and creating such compelling characters. I hope to find more of his books that do the same.
Barbara Gizzi
I congratulate author Victor Zugg on bringing real history to life through great story telling and creating such compelling characters. I hope to find more of his books that do the same.
Barbara Gizzi
February 25, 2024
Fascinating Time Travel Series
Following the group as they are thrust from present day into the early eighteenth century and try to blend in and make a life for themselves has been thoroughly enjoyable. The author does a fine job of keeping things realistic with the times the main characters find themselves in.
Following the group as they are thrust from present day into the early eighteenth century and try to blend in and make a life for themselves has been thoroughly enjoyable. The author does a fine job of keeping things realistic with the times the main characters find themselves in.
April 30, 2021
A fast and fun read. This sequel was a little slower than “A ripple in time” but still an enjoyable read. As the story concludes there is a strong hint of another stranger from the future. Can’t wait to read the final book in the trilogy.
January 28, 2024
Excellent
Well written sequel with plenty of action, interesting characters, and a well researched historical storyline. Totally entertaining and quick paced, I look forward to the next volume.
Well written sequel with plenty of action, interesting characters, and a well researched historical storyline. Totally entertaining and quick paced, I look forward to the next volume.
September 25, 2022
Love the story. I wish I could read more about the slaves' story.
November 2, 2022
Very good!
April 10, 2020
Another fun, interesting read !
I have enjoyed this series and hoping for another soon. My father’s family came over in the early 1700’s to SC, and I lived there for about 5 years after leaving NY at 15 and getting my own rented house by age 16. I had no money, but I did work. Everything was a lot cheaper there, still is, especially gas, and I have a house there now, but live in PA. My mother’s family came over from Ireland to NY in the early 1900’s. I’ve seen pictures of one of the fish markets they owned with an olden time grocers or produce truck out front and the family at the windows upstairs and the male at the door with his apron on. I’ve read a letter from a merchant marine to my grandfather ( they sailed together all around the world) this friend told him about being in California after the big quake and how devastated it was. Was that 1918? Not sure anymore. So, these tie ins of family in the south, a great, great grandfather in the civil war and father having grown up in the south, meeting my mother in NY when he was in the hospital during an injury from war in the navy (WWII ) and my love of That area in SC and having lived along the beach on Long Island, NY, just makes me visualize so much of the , “way back then” times, that I really enjoyed the escape back in time. Two of my three daughter’s are also reading the series. They are 32,34,36. So, no matter what age you are, you can enjoy this story line. It gives you all the “good feels” and excitement that you want in a story. Thanks so much for my jump back in time for awhile. I do love time travel, whether it’s the Jurassic period, or living in a spaceship traveling to other worlds. I enjoy the thrill of them all !
I have enjoyed this series and hoping for another soon. My father’s family came over in the early 1700’s to SC, and I lived there for about 5 years after leaving NY at 15 and getting my own rented house by age 16. I had no money, but I did work. Everything was a lot cheaper there, still is, especially gas, and I have a house there now, but live in PA. My mother’s family came over from Ireland to NY in the early 1900’s. I’ve seen pictures of one of the fish markets they owned with an olden time grocers or produce truck out front and the family at the windows upstairs and the male at the door with his apron on. I’ve read a letter from a merchant marine to my grandfather ( they sailed together all around the world) this friend told him about being in California after the big quake and how devastated it was. Was that 1918? Not sure anymore. So, these tie ins of family in the south, a great, great grandfather in the civil war and father having grown up in the south, meeting my mother in NY when he was in the hospital during an injury from war in the navy (WWII ) and my love of That area in SC and having lived along the beach on Long Island, NY, just makes me visualize so much of the , “way back then” times, that I really enjoyed the escape back in time. Two of my three daughter’s are also reading the series. They are 32,34,36. So, no matter what age you are, you can enjoy this story line. It gives you all the “good feels” and excitement that you want in a story. Thanks so much for my jump back in time for awhile. I do love time travel, whether it’s the Jurassic period, or living in a spaceship traveling to other worlds. I enjoy the thrill of them all !
December 30, 2025
A great sequel, which explores the lives of the accidental time-travellers, as they now try to establish their new livelihoods on their recently brought plantation.
They harvest the rice crops, sail the seas to sell the rice grown, payback their loans and strive to improve the living conditions of the black slaves already working the farm.
Really enjoyed this book, was again fast-paced with much covered. Character development is a little lacking and regression is convenient in places, but an overall awesome read.
Looking forward to reading the conclusion of this tale, so onto book 3 next....
They harvest the rice crops, sail the seas to sell the rice grown, payback their loans and strive to improve the living conditions of the black slaves already working the farm.
Really enjoyed this book, was again fast-paced with much covered. Character development is a little lacking and regression is convenient in places, but an overall awesome read.
Looking forward to reading the conclusion of this tale, so onto book 3 next....
May 26, 2020
Very enjoyable
I had ordered “A Ripple In Time” for the school library that I run a while back but I had not put it on the shelf before school was closed for the quarantine. I brought it home with me and finally gave it a read last week. Well, I flew through that and this book very quickly because it was well written and really enjoyable. I look forward to the next book in the series and I am curious as to what happens with the survivors. Do they go back to their time, do they change history? A lot of questions and hopefully fun answers for Mr. Zugg to entertain us with!
I had ordered “A Ripple In Time” for the school library that I run a while back but I had not put it on the shelf before school was closed for the quarantine. I brought it home with me and finally gave it a read last week. Well, I flew through that and this book very quickly because it was well written and really enjoyable. I look forward to the next book in the series and I am curious as to what happens with the survivors. Do they go back to their time, do they change history? A lot of questions and hopefully fun answers for Mr. Zugg to entertain us with!
April 27, 2024
very good read
I found this to be a very entertaining read. There was plenty of action to keep it exciting. However, the author gave a lot of details on everyday living in America at that time, which I found interesting. The author chose to focus on Mason as the leader from the very beginning, I just wondered if in a situation such as this would everyone would agree to all his decisions and challenge his leadership, especially when the silver and gold was discovered.
Over all, Mr. Zugg wrote a great story. Anxious to read book 3.
I found this to be a very entertaining read. There was plenty of action to keep it exciting. However, the author gave a lot of details on everyday living in America at that time, which I found interesting. The author chose to focus on Mason as the leader from the very beginning, I just wondered if in a situation such as this would everyone would agree to all his decisions and challenge his leadership, especially when the silver and gold was discovered.
Over all, Mr. Zugg wrote a great story. Anxious to read book 3.
March 18, 2020
Awesome book
I really enjoyed both this book and book 1. Really interesting and dynamic. Never stale or slow. I cannot wait for book 3. I cannot wait how the characters interact in the future. I'm praying I'm correct and there will be a book 3. There is one place in the book that makes you think there will be a new major character added and that a book 3 will be written. I sure hope so.
I really enjoyed both this book and book 1. Really interesting and dynamic. Never stale or slow. I cannot wait for book 3. I cannot wait how the characters interact in the future. I'm praying I'm correct and there will be a book 3. There is one place in the book that makes you think there will be a new major character added and that a book 3 will be written. I sure hope so.
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June 18, 2020Fabulous book! Every bit as good as the first one.....in fact I read the first book in November, but read it again before I read this book. I am only sorry that since this book is the latest that it probably will be awhile before the next one. As a side note since I really liked his writing I looked for other books he had written and found Solar Plexus and Solar Eclipse:Near Total Eclipse. Also fantastic reading and hard to put down.
February 12, 2021
Enjoyed this very much
Extremely well written...I very much felt like I was part of this adventure into the past. I just wish that there would be more mixing of future and past information. Blunders and good ups happen all the time and I feel there should have been more of them. All in all I am enjoying the continued saga involving these 4 people...
Extremely well written...I very much felt like I was part of this adventure into the past. I just wish that there would be more mixing of future and past information. Blunders and good ups happen all the time and I feel there should have been more of them. All in all I am enjoying the continued saga involving these 4 people...
October 31, 2024
The Planters
The second addition to A Ripple In Time series did not hold my interest as much. There was a lot of time spent going back and forth to sell the rice and obtain enough money to pay their mortgage. The last two chapters redeemed the book with a couple of interesting developments that encourages the reader to pick up book 3.
The second addition to A Ripple In Time series did not hold my interest as much. There was a lot of time spent going back and forth to sell the rice and obtain enough money to pay their mortgage. The last two chapters redeemed the book with a couple of interesting developments that encourages the reader to pick up book 3.
March 22, 2020
Wow!
Another adventure just as enjoyable as book one. I wasn't sure if our small gang of survivors would find their way back to their own time or stay. But, I'm happy with the way it turned out. I look forward to more from Mr. Zugg.
Another adventure just as enjoyable as book one. I wasn't sure if our small gang of survivors would find their way back to their own time or stay. But, I'm happy with the way it turned out. I look forward to more from Mr. Zugg.
April 8, 2020
Great read leaves you wanting more
Great story. I was so happy to see that we got a second book. My only complaint is I finnshed the book to fast. Please keep the story going. I really enjoy the story line.
Great story. I was so happy to see that we got a second book. My only complaint is I finnshed the book to fast. Please keep the story going. I really enjoy the story line.
July 6, 2020
A decent second volume.
This is the second novel in a series and to me it came across as somewhat disjointed. Partly this is because the first few chapters are in alternating viewpoints which requires significant skill on the author's part to weave together into a coherent whole. In this case the author came close, but didn't succeed in molding the chapters together quite as well as they could have been.
Once the different characters are all gathered together the viewpoint resolves to a singular protagonist and everything flows better.
The one plot device that most bugged me is the shipping barrels. Before steel barrels were introduced most people used wooden barrels made of wooden staves secured by iron bands at precise locations. If a barrel was empty the person shipping it would disassemble the parts into a stack of staves and barrel bands and the two end caps which weight the same but take up considerably less space. This was routinely done all through the 15th to early 20th century on sailing cargo vessels of all sizes. However in this novel empty barrels are repeatedly shipped fully assembled which requires significantly more labor in moving the empties.
This is the second novel in a series and to me it came across as somewhat disjointed. Partly this is because the first few chapters are in alternating viewpoints which requires significant skill on the author's part to weave together into a coherent whole. In this case the author came close, but didn't succeed in molding the chapters together quite as well as they could have been.
Once the different characters are all gathered together the viewpoint resolves to a singular protagonist and everything flows better.
The one plot device that most bugged me is the shipping barrels. Before steel barrels were introduced most people used wooden barrels made of wooden staves secured by iron bands at precise locations. If a barrel was empty the person shipping it would disassemble the parts into a stack of staves and barrel bands and the two end caps which weight the same but take up considerably less space. This was routinely done all through the 15th to early 20th century on sailing cargo vessels of all sizes. However in this novel empty barrels are repeatedly shipped fully assembled which requires significantly more labor in moving the empties.
January 26, 2021
Audible Audiobook
Plot. A Ripple in Time starts with a fairly routine passenger plane flight from Miami to Charlotte. Soon, the airplane enters a dark, lightning-filled storm. Upon entering smooth air again, the landscape has completely changed. No cities, no airports, a dead radio. The plane crash-lands in the Atlantic off the coast of Myrtle Beach and only about 30 passengers survive.
The main protagonist is Federal Air Marshal Stephen Mason. He and the survivors are in the early 1700s. Selfish and opportunistic passengers, friendly natives, evil pirates, and decent people aware of the future traverse the pages and carry the reader through the trials and desperate efforts to adapt to this new life ... or get home.
Written by Victor Zugg, nicely narrated by Sean Doyle, all voices male and female are well done, no problem discerning who's talking to who. Bumped the speed up to 1.3, but no real issues with production.
A Ripple in Time series consists of three novels, each in the area of 7 hours of listening. First novel was released in December 2019, The Planters, book 2 in May 2020, and finally The Punishers, book 3 in December 2020 - all by Tantor Audio which, I believe, is owned by Recorded Books.
Early American history and SciFi buffs should enjoy. Recommended.
Plot. A Ripple in Time starts with a fairly routine passenger plane flight from Miami to Charlotte. Soon, the airplane enters a dark, lightning-filled storm. Upon entering smooth air again, the landscape has completely changed. No cities, no airports, a dead radio. The plane crash-lands in the Atlantic off the coast of Myrtle Beach and only about 30 passengers survive.
The main protagonist is Federal Air Marshal Stephen Mason. He and the survivors are in the early 1700s. Selfish and opportunistic passengers, friendly natives, evil pirates, and decent people aware of the future traverse the pages and carry the reader through the trials and desperate efforts to adapt to this new life ... or get home.
Written by Victor Zugg, nicely narrated by Sean Doyle, all voices male and female are well done, no problem discerning who's talking to who. Bumped the speed up to 1.3, but no real issues with production.
A Ripple in Time series consists of three novels, each in the area of 7 hours of listening. First novel was released in December 2019, The Planters, book 2 in May 2020, and finally The Punishers, book 3 in December 2020 - all by Tantor Audio which, I believe, is owned by Recorded Books.
Early American history and SciFi buffs should enjoy. Recommended.
May 28, 2020
Fair and OK Tale
This was NOT as good as Book #1, but I rated it as equivalent in the belief The Author made a good, not great, effort — and he certainly tried to piece a contiguous story together.
I lean towards a willing suspension of disbelief in how the 1st Time Travel occurred, but the ones that followed really, really stretched my imagination level, and were MUCH harder to believe — Trip #2, ESPECIALLY, defies any explanation or seriousness.
This 2nd Book focused on surviving, but glossed over several critical details ... numerous bullet holes being obvious to many people as one example (and they appeared to NOT be seen by anyone), and trying to sail the East Coast of the United States, while steadily keeping 2 miles from shore, glaringly ignores HUGE, open stretches of water like the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the Delaware Bay, and perhaps other locations — given a longer time-frame than discussed in the story, I’d be OK, but again — this kind of detail was entirely lost.
Still, all in all, I appreciate the SciFi intent and angles ...
This was NOT as good as Book #1, but I rated it as equivalent in the belief The Author made a good, not great, effort — and he certainly tried to piece a contiguous story together.
I lean towards a willing suspension of disbelief in how the 1st Time Travel occurred, but the ones that followed really, really stretched my imagination level, and were MUCH harder to believe — Trip #2, ESPECIALLY, defies any explanation or seriousness.
This 2nd Book focused on surviving, but glossed over several critical details ... numerous bullet holes being obvious to many people as one example (and they appeared to NOT be seen by anyone), and trying to sail the East Coast of the United States, while steadily keeping 2 miles from shore, glaringly ignores HUGE, open stretches of water like the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, the Delaware Bay, and perhaps other locations — given a longer time-frame than discussed in the story, I’d be OK, but again — this kind of detail was entirely lost.
Still, all in all, I appreciate the SciFi intent and angles ...
December 28, 2021
As the second in Zugg’s time-travel trilogy, PLANTERS follows where RIPPLE IN TIME left off. After going ‘back to the future’ in the last volume, Mason now returns back to the group’s plantation in Charleston, SC, armed with some limited knowledge of what will happen to them
in the 1720s. However, his immediate concern is how to harvest and market their rice in order to pay off their immediate debt (i.e. mortgage), a situation where they are forced to risk their safety and enter the black market with the Spanish.
I would not call this a standalone; new readers would find several parts of the story very confusing if they had not read the first volume. However, the story is engrossing, with a few surprises near the end, and I have already downloaded the final volume to find out what happens next. Recommended to fans of time travel, adventure stories, and historical fiction.
in the 1720s. However, his immediate concern is how to harvest and market their rice in order to pay off their immediate debt (i.e. mortgage), a situation where they are forced to risk their safety and enter the black market with the Spanish.
I would not call this a standalone; new readers would find several parts of the story very confusing if they had not read the first volume. However, the story is engrossing, with a few surprises near the end, and I have already downloaded the final volume to find out what happens next. Recommended to fans of time travel, adventure stories, and historical fiction.
January 29, 2023
I enjoyed reading this book because I am a sucker for any and all time travel books! I haven't stooped to started reading time-travel romance books yet, but I might, someday.
This one was less interesting than the first book in the series, A Ripple in Time. In this book, the mysteries have been figured out, so now it's just Mr. Zugg telling us how much Mason loves the woman he left in the past, and showing us how capable and MacGyverish Mason can be.
I think it would be more interesting if the author had done more research into the present-day lives of Black Americans, and maybe referred to their ancestors as enslaved people rather than the demeaning, objectifying term "slaves."
And maybe Karen and Lisa, who are having all the humanitarian ideas, could have come up with an idea to turn the farm into a cooperative, rather than maintaining it as it had been: A plantation worked by enslaved people. Ah well. That wasn't the way Mr. Zugg's plot turned. In fact, whatever inner life the women have, or their relationship with one another, is not a part of this story. In the first book, Karen was the go-to person for organization and leadership (when it didn't have to do with guns). In this book, she is all about being at the farm, pining for Mason, and jumping his bones whenever he shows up at the ol' homestead.
I do want to read the 3rd book, though, because of the hint that the men may have encountered another time traveler in their trip to New York!
I agree with others who say that the book is written for white men. The writing is capable, and the story races along, and that makes it a fun read.
This one was less interesting than the first book in the series, A Ripple in Time. In this book, the mysteries have been figured out, so now it's just Mr. Zugg telling us how much Mason loves the woman he left in the past, and showing us how capable and MacGyverish Mason can be.
I think it would be more interesting if the author had done more research into the present-day lives of Black Americans, and maybe referred to their ancestors as enslaved people rather than the demeaning, objectifying term "slaves."
And maybe Karen and Lisa, who are having all the humanitarian ideas, could have come up with an idea to turn the farm into a cooperative, rather than maintaining it as it had been: A plantation worked by enslaved people. Ah well. That wasn't the way Mr. Zugg's plot turned. In fact, whatever inner life the women have, or their relationship with one another, is not a part of this story. In the first book, Karen was the go-to person for organization and leadership (when it didn't have to do with guns). In this book, she is all about being at the farm, pining for Mason, and jumping his bones whenever he shows up at the ol' homestead.
I do want to read the 3rd book, though, because of the hint that the men may have encountered another time traveler in their trip to New York!
I agree with others who say that the book is written for white men. The writing is capable, and the story races along, and that makes it a fun read.
July 13, 2020
I enjoyed this second "Ripple in Time" book as much as the first book. I quickly became engrossed in the story and the lives of these people ("fish out of water" so to speak). Reading about Charleston in the early days was interesting. As with the first one, the story just flowed so smoothly; Mr. Zugg is an excellent writer. I don't even remember any problems with grammar or sentence structure, which can be really distracting. I don't know if he has any plans to continue this series as it seems to me there is no where else it could go. I would definitely read another time travel book by this author.
July 31, 2024
Good
I enjoyed this story. The premise to me is quite interesting. I am torn however as to your solution to the slave situation. Other slave owners would take serious issue. They would fear discontent in their own slaves. Easier to burn you out than improve things themselves. Southern slave owners were insanely stubborn in their treatment of slaves and unwilling to change. I do not disagree that change was necessary. I just don't think one plantation would have succeeded.
I enjoyed this story. The premise to me is quite interesting. I am torn however as to your solution to the slave situation. Other slave owners would take serious issue. They would fear discontent in their own slaves. Easier to burn you out than improve things themselves. Southern slave owners were insanely stubborn in their treatment of slaves and unwilling to change. I do not disagree that change was necessary. I just don't think one plantation would have succeeded.
March 9, 2022
Mason is a poorly formed character, and the author show his failure at creating characters. Mason is meant to be military but this isn’t evident as he’s such a week willed soppy person, he fails regularly to dispatch enemies including Nathan and it’s rather pathetic and annoying. Furthermore the author continues with his poor writing ability by not having a hun cupboard on the boats rather than hiding the rucksack and despite having silver the survivors don’t buy a spy glass
September 13, 2025
Sort of like the first one, this book conveniently lays things out for the characters. There is a good portion of the book that likes to talk about delivering barrels which lost my interest. Some of Mason's decisions are very questionable. There were moments that got interesting, but it lacked consistent engagement. Going to read book 3 and see if the author can make the last book in this series the best one...
March 31, 2021
Not as good as the first
But I'm going to continue with the series. There's not as much happening in this book. And I felt it was bogged down touch with details on sailing. But I still liked it. I just don't need to know how stuff works on boats. I want to read a story not a manual. But I can see things are going to get more interesting soon. Well I hope.
But I'm going to continue with the series. There's not as much happening in this book. And I felt it was bogged down touch with details on sailing. But I still liked it. I just don't need to know how stuff works on boats. I want to read a story not a manual. But I can see things are going to get more interesting soon. Well I hope.
August 20, 2021
continues with the whitewashed racism, naked sexism, and a hilarious plot in which a solution to the characters' predicament is discovered, capitalized upon, and promptly discarded so white people can live on a plantation in the antebellum south. Because small pox, yellow fever, and typhus are worth it if you can have 50 black "workers"
March 13, 2025
Loved it. Picked up right where Ripple In Time left off. Though the focus was more on their agricultural endeavors as a means to survive outside of their time, Zugg keeps it interesting with the use of anachronisms that you'd expect from modern day plane crash survivors in pre colonial America. Can't wait to read the final book, The Punishers. Stay tuned.
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