Forward to Camelot: 50th Anniversary Edition

by Kevin Finn and Susan Sloate

Book Overview

WHERE WERE YOU THE DAY KENNEDY WAS SAVED?On the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination comes a new edition of the extraordinary time-travel thriller first published in 2003 with a new Afterword from the authors.On November 22, 1963, just hours after President Kennedy's assassination, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President aboard Air Force One using JFK's own Bible. Immediately afterward, the Bible disappeared. It has never been recovered. Today,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935970143
• ISBN13: 9781935970149
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Drake Valley Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Loved It!

I'm not usually one who enjoys fiction, but this book grabbed me based on the subject, and the rare use of JFK in a science fiction. I'll just say this was a real page-turner, a quick read because it was so historically accurate & detailed along with being incredibly exciting as to the fictional plot. Best book I've read out of the 50 or so that I have read over the last 12 months. Not giving away any plot details here, only recommending that you should definitely get this. It will be one that you will revisit repeatedly, AFTER the first complete read, late at night. I've read it twice through and am not finished!

Great writing, great minds.

Author 2 U Review: FORWARD TO CAMELOT by Susan Sloate and Kevin Finn Time Travel had never really been on my mind, but when I read the synopsis of this novel, it surely intregued me. To go back to the 60's and change history as we knwo it, from the assassination of JFK to the cuban missle crisis, and to the cold war. Cady Cuyler took her life into her own hands when she agreed to take this trip of a life time, meet people we've only read about in history books, and help rescue President Kennedy. She is a heroine not just for our time but also to look up to for the future generation. The constant action in this novel has kept me on the edge of my seat, but the ending was unfortuned for Lee Harvey Oswald in my opinion. I wanted him to live so desperately after he had fought so hard and risked his life so many times to safe President Kennedy. I'm looking forward to reading more books with the main character of Cady, and hope the movie will be just as exciting, for I would definetely go see it. Petra Lozano Author 2 U Books

Time Travel History Lesson Winning Combo

This book had the right combination of awesome time travel adventure teamed up with a topic that is surrounded by so many questions you can't help but keep on reading. I loved the strong main female character who does not realize her own potential until she is in the thick of things. I loved the confidence the male characters had in her ability to be who she was and take care of business. The time travel circle of events was incredible and well thought out. This would make a great movie!! I went out right away and rented JFK again just to complete the learning experience. I am now interested in watching 13 Days again. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a great time travel history lesson.

One terrific read from start to finish!

FORWARD TO CAMELOT is an old-fashioned, plot-heavy novel with a fabulous premise, interesting twists, thoroughly accurate history, and terrific characters. It's one of those `can't put it down' books you simply HAVE to finish -- you HAVE to know how it all turns out.The basic premise is that of an actress from the year 2000 who abruptly loses her longtime soap opera acting job but is offered a new one the same day, only this one is an expedition back in time, to November 22, 1963, to retrieve the now-priceless Bible owned by JFK that was used to swear in his successor, Lyndon Johnson, aboard Air Force One that tragic afternoon and immediately afterward was lost. The actress, whose own past contains references to the same event, finally agrees to go, believing that she might be able to change at least part of her unhappy present by journeying to the past. But once in the past, her perceptions are rudely jolted: People are not what she thought they were, and a dark and frightening mystery is unfolding around her, leading up to the day of JFK's visit to Dallas, when she finally faces up to her own responsibility to try to save him from assassination. Only one person can help her in this almost-hopeless quest: The mysterious Lee Harvey Oswald.This novel really grabbed me by the throat. If you have any interest at all in JFK's assassination, it will do the same for you, but frankly, you don't need much more than an appetite for mystery and thrills to become involved in it. It builds from the early sections, where we meet the actress, a most appealing character, to the time travel itself, to Dallas in 1963 and the growing mystery, and explodes in action and tension when we reach November 22nd. It is nothing less than a roller coaster of surprise and emotions.Main characters include JFK himself, Lee Harvey Oswald (both a lot different than I'd imagined them), Jackie Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson, with cameo appearances by other famous figures (I won't give it away). Suffice it to say, I was hooked; I couldn't stop reading; and I would unreservedly recommend this novel to anyone. It's that good.I especially loved the epilogue, which describes the changes in the world and our culture because JFK (yeah, okay) doesn't die in Dallas. But how that happens, and how we as Americans change for the better, is a story you've GOT to read. Read it now. You'll love it.

Best "What if" book I've ever read!!

From the surprising, disorienting beginning through to its brilliant epilogue this book grabs you and won't let you go. I defy you to put it down once you've got 2 pages in! I was hooked straight away and I was not even that interested in JFK (being a Brit and more concerned with the controversies around the death of Princess Diana) and the conspiracies surrounding his death. This book has piqued my interest in him and his so-called assasin Lee Harvey Oswald. The book romps along at an amazing pace - and I could easily see this being made into a fantasticly tense thriller by Hollywood. It offers a controversial view - but keeps alive the debate around the mystery and is especially interesting as we have just passed the 40th anniversary of the event itself. My favourite part is the epilogue - some fascinating insights into how life in America could be so different if this murder had never taken place.Try it and see for yourself!