"Imagine being transported over two hundred years into
the past without warning and losing access to nearly all of
the technologies and conveniences that most of us take for granted.
This is exactly what happens to Teresa Riley in "The Fall of the Year,"
but there's a BIG twist. Not only is she hurled back in time over
two centuries, but she arrives at an historically significant moment
in the history of the United States." Reviewer: Michael Allen Potter (Iowa City, IA)
THE FALL OF THE YEAR Janis Shepard Moon
Two men, closer than brothers, yet worlds apart.
One seeks revenge and the other peace. A young widow,
forced to confront her humanity, her courage and her passion.
Will her love be strong enough to make a difference?
In the year 2000, widow and photographer Teresa
Riley slips at the top of a waterfall and plunges
into the eighteenth century. She is rescued by an
ancient woman, Naomi, and her two companions,
Matthew Gunn and Joseph Brant, taken to a Mohawk
Indian village and forced to take up residency.
Swept up in an adventure beyond her wildest dreams,
she forges a tentative friendship with her three
rescuers. But when she discovers a deadly conspiracy,
she must place all her trust in them to help her change
the course of history.
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AUTHOR'S BIO Jan was born and raised in Cooperstown, New York,
the daughter of a bookseller. She has been fascinated by
Joseph Brant since early childhood and by time travel since Jack Finney.
She holds a degree in English and has two grown children, Joann
Carolus and Sarah Farfield. After having lived in seven states and
traveling extensively in the U.S. as well as in India and Guatemala,
she now lives in the Missouri Ozarks on twenty acres of wooded
wonderfulness with husband Cecil, two dogs and many cats.
Rewriting History-or-Doing it Their Way
How it happened
"Years ago, I had a dream in which I crossed a
stream and was transported to another century.
Years before that I became fascinated by Joseph
Brant when my mother, an employee of the New York
State Historical Association, dragged my reluctant
body through what was then known as the Fenimore
House in hopes of instilling some knowledge of
American history in my otherwise-occupied brain.
Five years ago, while living in Las Vegas, I
began putting it together. I couldn't have been
more unfortunately situated to write a book which
has a setting in the northeastern United States.
But I persevered, and after much research, even
more blood, toil and tears, and many trips back
to upstate New York, I ended up with a manuscript.
It helped that I had the members of a writing group
(Cactus Rose) who offered much needed and much
appreciated advice and (ouch) criticism. "
BOOK REVIEWS
Great Characters, Great Story, Great Setting, August 1, 2006
Reviewer: A. Maher
"I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
I was not very familiar with the geographical
area or with the story of the Cherry Valley Massacre;
but, along with the very well developed characters,
the time, the place and the story really came to life.
There are enough twists and turns to keep it interesting,
but not so many that you feel lost or, worse, like the author
has lost the way and is desperately trying to get back to
something familiar--a not uncommon problem with first novels!
I highly recommend this book and hope for more from Ms. Moon."
A Truly Inventive First Novel!, September 16, 2005
Reviewer: Michael Allen Potter (Iowa City, IA)
"Imagine being transported over two hundred
years into the past without warning and losing
access to nearly all of the technologies and
conveniences that most of us take for granted.
(Forget the Internet - Where is your next meal coming from?)
This is exactly what happens to Teresa Riley in
"The Fall of the Year," but there's a BIG twist.
Not only is she hurled back in time over two centuries,
but she arrives at an historically significant moment
in the history of the United States. On the eve of the
Cherry Valley Massacre, Teresa is forced to navigate
the treacherous landscape of Revolutionary War America
as she wrestles with the impossibility of her new reality.
In the course of the book, she encounters languages that
she has never hear before, falls in love with a man who
died hundreds of years before she was born, and finds
herself wrestling with the ethics of influencing the
course of history (in the hopes of minimizing the toll
of human suffering) during events that she, herself,
once studied as a young girl growing up in the area.
It's hard to classify this novel as it blends fact,
fiction, fantasy, and a lot of romance, but the author
does a fine job of blending all of these elements into
a successful narrative.
A must read for anyone who has
spent any time in the wilds of Upstate New York!"
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