The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown ****

 The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

 

When Mr. Webber dies in Kellner’s Books, he leaves The Book of Doors to Cassie Andrews. With that book, “Any door is very door.” Cassie can teleport anywhere in space and time. She has many adventures with this and other magic books. A clever and confusing book.

 

The magic books include Illusions, Shadows, Joy, Control, Matter, Safety, Pain, Luck, and Memories. The books are worth millions to collectors. Librarian Bernard Fox wants to preserve them. The Bookseller was to auctions them off for her 40% cut. Dr. Hugo Barbary wants them for their power. Cassie is on the side of good against evil.

 

The illusions make it difficult to follow the convoluted plot. Characters that appear to be in jeopardy (or even dead) often are part of an illusion.

 

“There are two ideas about time travel. There is the open model of time travel and the closed model, ja? In the open model, you can travel into the past and change events so that your present is consequently changed also. This is what you see in science fiction stories.” This book uses the closed model. Nothing can change what has already happened. The plot makes many interesting uses of this.

 

This book is a clever battle between good and evil using time travel and magic. Occasionally, too clever.

 

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