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In this review of Tesla's Frequency, I'll explore why this book is a fun contribution to science fiction. I'll do this by listing some points to help you see whether you might want to step into this book's world.
The writing takes you to another world.
The author's storytelling forges a world, based on the past, but creating a different time, place and reality. The world of the early 20th century, in which we follow Tesla and the other, is filled with history we recognize, as well as changes to the past. We follow several characters, central to the plot, who have different traits, roles and loyalties in the story. The author weaves fascinating characters, with different backgrounds, born in different countries, and in one case, another world, with their own motivations, into a consistent story. The story pulls you to think about truth, fiction, fantasy, and imagination. A strange alternate history is brought to life in this book. The world in the story can intrigue readers and introduce characters and an overarching goal.
This is a story with major conflict.
The first book in the series involved battle between Testa, with the help of his allies, against an alien race. This book continues the feel of that story, while adding Hitler, Nazis and human greed and lust for power, as enemies to be confronted. Readers follow along the journey to find out who is orchestrating the evil, and what Tesla can do about it. Each builds conflict and tension that lead to battles that must be won. This type of writing allows us to become immersed inside the story, and affects our feelings and opinions about the characters. If you like space warfare, you will probably appreciate the conflict between the forces of good and evil here. The main villain is implacable and won't allow any setback to change his course.
There are several interesting characters.
We know Tesla from the first book. It is interesting to have a main character who was an actual historical person, in our story as hero. He has greater and lesser qualities than before. He has aged a great deal from the previous story, so he is a very old man, who must lead his friends and family into battle. Clara is in the story again, but in a different form. Tesla has several allies who enable him to accomplish his miracles. We meet new villains, and a harking back to the main villain from the previous story. Then there is Zoe. This child is very unusual in appearance, behavior, and background. She takes on an increasingly more important role, as the story progresses.
There is a special and surprising individual in the story.
One central mystery takes on more and more importance in the story. One character is more and less than she seems. This character turns out to be a pan-dimensional being that can inhabit a human body, as well as travel into another reality. The descriptions of this character intrigued me. I couldn't get enough of how such a person would perceive the world, and act in encounters with others. I thoroughly enjoyed the introduction of this character, and hope to learn more in the future. This story does a good job of showing relationships between the friends and enemies. Some Individuals grow and develop, some enemies becoming partners, and some who should be friends can't help being enemies.
I look forward to a future book.
This is a well-developed story that held my attention. While we find closure with many characters, I'm curious where some characters are going in their lives. Like the first book, this one reminded me of Golden Age Science Fiction. Stories of heroes, villains, science, wonder, and danger. I would say the most likely audience is people who might enjoy historical science fiction with combat between good and evil. I would recommend reading the first book in the series first, but this one could probably be read separately. The back of the book has some background on historical Tesla, and useful history information. Give it a try, you might like it, or love it.
