The Skin Map

Recently I read The Skin Map, the first book in The Bright Empires Novels Trilogy by Stephen Lawhead. I have to admit, I was not familiar with this author before reading this book, but I was fairly surprised that I enjoyed it from start to finish. I typically don’t read suspense novels, but I found this book to hold my attention and even found it hard to put the book down at certain points throughout the reading.
The book centers on the life of Kit Livingstone from London. When he is visited by his deceased great-grandfather, his life is forever changed. Throughout the book, there is the focus on traveling between different realities. In order to return to his reality and home, he must piece together the Skin Map which is dispersed among the various realities. There is also the aspect of rescuing another, as Kit must find his girlfriend and also return her to her own reality.
Although this book could have become extremely confusing with the different places and times, I felt he was able to maintain my understanding of what was going on during the jumps in time. Overall I enjoyed this book. I don’t know if I will stray from my more common reading of historical fiction, but I do know I will make sure to read the rest of the books in this trilogy.
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