A review by amyinthewind
La Dérivante by Dale Peck

5.0

Susan, Charles, Murray, and their eccentric uncle return again in this Drift House sequel. This time the two older children "accidentally" embark on an adventure to close the time "jetty," rather than the "great drain" of the previous book. "The jetty is a manifestation of the eternal human desire to cheat time, to get to the end without going through the middle." (taken from chapter 23) The ideas of time and the disruption of time, people, events & war addressed in this book make it both a fascinating and complex read. The "jetty" slices through the "lost cities" of Babel, Troy, Atlantis, Pompeii and others, destroying them and threatening to destroy others. The book begs for another in the series, as the reader is still left hanging regarding Murray's eventual return to his rightful place in time.