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Review title: adolescent male fantasy
Product review: At least the Conrad books had an interesting hook to them. Modern engineer back in medieval Poland, with only 10 years before the invasion of the Mongols. The big weakness was that everything went so smoothly for Conrad, so there never was much tension in the plot. And the endless supply of young women who wanted to have sex with him became boring (even maybe to him!).This book, a "prequel" of sorts, has all the weaknesses of the Conrad books and not a single one of their strengths. If you contrast it with a good book about the invention of time travel (eg. Thrice Upon A Time) it also loses any interest it might have been able to generate due to the subject.If you are a 15-yr-old boy who can't get a date, this is the story for you. Otherwise, give it a skip. (I only read it to satisfy my curiosity about the holes in the backstory of the Conrad books, but it even failed miserably at that.)
