Stealing Some Time: Book III

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Summary: An exciting and romantic conclusion!
Review: Mark Kendrick brings his Stealing Some Time trilogy to an exciting and romantic conclusion with Book III: Journey's End. Fortunately, Kendrick plans to write more gay science fiction novels.

With Book I, we met Kallen Deshara, a young hero in a dark, homophobic future. With Book II, Kallen's time-traveling mission into the past brought him together with Aaric Utzman, a handsome young man who quickly stole his heart.

Book III winds up the trilogy with an even deeper romance between Kallen and Aaric, and with much more adventure. Mark Kendrick explores the possibilities of time travel, while also exploring the possibilities of gay love. Even though Chapter 24 of this book resolves the conflicts, Kendrick adds a touching Epilogue that will give readers an even greater sense of closure and satisfaction.

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Summary: Intelligent Science Fiction and Touching Love Story!
Review: Stealing some time surpasses my expectation. A marvelous blend of sci-fi and gay romance, it has an intelligent plot with a touching love story which knows no barrier. The two protagonists, Kallen and Aaric are wonderfully appealing. One can forgive the writer for his near perfect heroes because this is fiction and heroes should be beautiful. Kallen's early encounters with 3 lovers who deserted him is almost heart breaking, Kallen's loneliness is captured with a heart felt and stark honesty. How Kallen met Aaric in the second book is especially romantic, even with a sprinkle of humor. Kallen's decision to give up his world to stay with Aaric and his sorrows when he though Aaric fails to keep their date just tugs at my heart. All this is told against a background with a future world which is almost frightening but equally possible and it is sad that this future world is still homophobic. To top it all is the compelling yet touching epilogue which I especially like yet leaves a lingering sadness in me long after I finished the 3 books. Definitely a must read!

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Summary: The ending to a great story
Review: This is the final book in the Stealing Some Time trilogy. It is a great story, and continues the great storytelling that Kendrick has done in all of his other books. The character development is outstanding. You get to know the characters so well that you feel like you really know them. After reading this story and going through the adventure with Kallen and Aarik, I didn't want it to end. I hope that there will be more stories about the life of Kallen and Aarik. For a little more on what I think of the book, see my review on the first book.