The Lost Choice

I did not get this book from Book Sneeze, rather from the public library.  I really loved this book.  Andy is really good with putting actual historical stuff into his fictional books.  So, there is a lot of truth in the fiction.

It did not take me really long to read this book, as it kept me mesmorized.  The chronology of the book seemed to be all over the place, but it's with regards to an ancient relic and though it holds no power in it of itself, it's the choice that someone makes to make a difference.

This relic was probably a couple thousand years from current day.  Loved how the storyline was.  So, it starts off a long time ago, but you don't really know when.  There is mystery as to what the relic is and there is tragedy at the beginning of the book, possibly.

This relic gets broken purposefully into 4 sections.  So, fast forward to current day when one of the pieces is found by a little boy.  But, then the mom (a journalist) and the dad (a detective) get involved with finding out the history of the piece that they had.  It leads them to this really old woman whose great grand uncle or something like that was George Washington Carver.  It goes through some of the choices Carver made while he had possession of one of the other parts of the relic.

Each part of the relic had a different "theme" and it seemed that all those who possessed the relic made a significant difference in history for whatever that "theme" for that specific piece of the relic was.  The book goes throughout history dating to probably before Christ.

Anyway, I found this book fascinating, but it showed the power of the choices we make.  It really shows "The Butterfly Effect".  Totally LOVED this book.  Very powerful message for me.

A must read!