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In Ramcy Diek’s Frenzy of the Storm, Fleur Keizer lives in 1864 at Keizer Manor, when a violent storm in the dunes pulls her from her world and leaves her near the Abernathey Research Center in the present day. Cassius Rewick recognizes that her arrival is linked to SMITS, an experimental system that affects atmospheric conditions, and brings her into his home while he works to understand what happened. A medical examination shows a condition that requires treatment, unknown in her time, forcing her to remain under his supervision as she recovers. As Fleur adjusts to unfamiliar surroundings and meets Emmett Castella, she also finds connections to her past in this era. While researchers attempt to recreate the event that displaced her, increasing public attention and government pressure threaten the entire operation.
Ramcy Diek’s Frenzy of the Storm is a time travel novel linking a nineteenth-century coastal estate to a modern research facility through atmospheric experimentation. I love how Diek has set the time transitions up via a machine that interacts with storm systems using radio frequencies; a totally direct approach that keeps the mechanism understandable. Fleur is an amazing protagonist, and she's both likeable and relatable. After arriving in the present, she studies unfamiliar technology with careful attention and later insists on visiting Keizer Manor, feeling physical distress when she sees her past displayed as history. Her mother, Annet, is extraordinary and the most fascinating character to me. As a mother myself, I felt the desperation of her search efforts. Diek breathes life into every setting with visual prose, from storm-driven dunes where landmarks disappear to the modernized Keizer Manor, where glass partitions frame preserved rooms. Readers who enjoy time travel that adheres to historical continuity and science-forward fiction will love this book.
