Hooked from
page one. There’s so much I love in this book that once I got started, I couldn’t
stop and read it in a few days: Scotland
in the 17th century, at the time of the Civil War, romance and time
travel, fantasy and magic, adventure and irony.
A Rip in the Veil is book one in Anna Belfrage’s “The Graham Saga” and is a thrilling ride between two different time lines, through the
adventurous lives of Alexandra Lind, a 21st century computer engineer still coping with a
trauma from her past, and Matthew Graham, a runaway 17th century convict on his way home to Scotland.
The heroine & the hero: Alex & Matthew
Here are heroine
and hero as presented by the author herself in the section bonus
material at her website:
Alexandra Lind
Date of
Birth: August 24, 1976
Astrological
sign: Virgo (“Virgo? How boring is that,” she says with a laugh)
Education:
Degrees in Computer Engineering and Programming. Most useful in her new
environment she says sarcastically. A karate practitioner since childhood, she
holds a black belt 4th dan and has also dabbled in jujitsu. Never got beyond
“Smoke on the water” on guitar, but knows the lyrics to all her favourite rock
songs – although she’s not quite sure this qualifies as education. Is a proficient
user of the staple gun – has used it for everything from upholstery to fixing
Halloween disguises. Sadly, staple guns do not exist in the seventeenth
century. Good at drawing, crap at sewing and knitting. Used to consider herself
a good chess player – until she met Matthew.