1587 -- In July, one hundred and seventeen English men, women, and children arrive at a very small island off the Eastern shore of a vast New World. They arrived in hope, the hope of a better future for themselves and their descendants. A month later, in August, a little girl, Virginia Dare, becomes the first child of English parents born in the New World. Nine days later, Virginia's grandfather, John White, the Governor of the English colony, returns to England. He is the last European to see any of the colonists alive.
2002 -- Evan Merrill is surprised to discover that sometimes even very ordinary-looking computers have very unexpected capabilities. And he's even more surprised when a very frightened girl, speaking very old-fashioned English, steps out of a dream and into his life.
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By George Sotirhos
Oct 15, 2009
"A very interesting story, which would have definitely become a “best seller"" Review by George Sotirhos for Universe Pathways Magazine http://www.innerzed.com/sites/kosmic/ Henrik takes the legend of the “lost colony” – an actual historical event – and using it as a starting point, he unwraps his story masterfully. The colony really existed and was lost in a mysterious way. Up to this day no one has managed to present an opinion about its fate based on historical data or discoveries of archaeological researches. There are many diverse points of view about what really happened to it and Henrik presents his own, in his book. Maybe this could be the real story of the “lost colony”. Why not? One day, as Evan rummages in the attic along with his mother, he comes by an old computer that used to belong to his uncle. He carries it to his room, puts it together and starts playing. Little by little he understands that this is no ordinary computer. Nor was his uncle an... More > ordinary man. He had won the Nobel Prize for Physics and as Evan characteristically says “he could read and write books that only a few people in the world were able to comprehend”. As he plays with the buttons he realizes that he can see what he did during the morning and during the previous days. He is astonished. As he continues to experiment, he finds out that he can move through time and space. But that’s not all. He can also see the past come alive through a projector connected with this strange machine. He freezes the picture in a forest scene. The time is about 1600. Evan falls asleep, lulled by the sounds of the forest. During the night, he suddenly wakes up by the sobs of a girl. A girl who is dressed with strange, old-fashioned clothes, speaks a type of old English and every time he turns on the light, she gets terrified and mumbles that it’s the devil’s instrument. With the help of his family, he discovers that the girl was a member of the “lost colony” and somehow managed to “pass” from the past to the present through the machine. But the machine breaks down. And they have to do everything in their power to fix it, otherwise Virginia won’t be able to return to her time. What really happened to the “lost colony”? Will Virginia manage to get back to her time? Will she be able to survive in the world of the future? Henrik has written a very interesting story, which would have definitely become a “best seller”, had it been published under different circumstances. He can handle the historical elements skillfully and incorporate them in the present. He has strong character descriptions, his writing flows freely and his story is captivating – you can’t wait for the next page. One cannot but be impressed by the way Virginia’s character and the way of her thinking is developed, let alone by the flawless archaic English the girl speaks. She could really be a child born during the 17th century that suddenly found her self in our own time. I also dare to suspect that Henrik has lent some of his own character traits to Evan’s computer – guru father. As a conclusion I must say that such a well – written book definitely deserves your attention. Once you start reading it, you won’t be able to put it down before you finish it.< Less
