Experience Time Dancers (The Meq, #2) Rendered By Steve Cash Exhibited In Leaflet

continuing story of Z, who has recently celebrated histh birthday for theth time, I love the historical guest in this trilogy, I like a wellwritten book that forces me to refer to wikipedia every hour or so to figure out who someone is likely to be ie "Tumpy" Josephine Josephine Baker.


Very enjoyable, very wellwritten, I'll be a little sad when I

finish the next book, Like all second books in a series it seems, this was weaker than book one, but with a huge cliffhanger ending.
The search for the sixth stone and FleurdeMal seems to cloud the judgement of the characters and I was disappointed with the way the story moved away from the tribe of Basque herdsman/protectors.
"Time Dancers" is the second book in Steve Cash's sweeping fantasy trilogy called "The Meq" also the title of the first book in the trilogy.
When forced to explain the plot of "The Meq" in one sentence, my reply is this: the story is like the Highlander TV series/movies but the immortals here are twelve years old.
To get more specific, the Meq stop aging when they turn twelve until they find their ameq their soul mate.
Once they are united, the two enter what is called "The Wait" until they decide to cross over, as it were, becoming mortal and able to have a child.


The telling of this story falls on the shoulders of Zianno Zezen, one of the youngest members of the Meq.
In the first book, Zianno searches for others like him after the death of his parents, Along the way he learns the significance of the stone he carriesthe stone of dreamsand that there are others like it.
He finds friends, both Giza human and Meq alike, his ameq, and a mortal or perhaps it would be more apt to say immortal foe in the form of a corrupt Meq assassin known as the Fleurdumal.
In the midst of all that, Z and his friends try to prepare for a Meq event known as the remembering which will reveal their origins and their purpose, a scant hundred years away.


Okay, so if you didn't read the first book that was all probably a bit confusing.
The reason for that is simple: this trilogy isn't comprised of what can be called standalone novels.
The sad truth is that I read "The Meq" about six months before I had the chance to pick up "Time Dancers.
" It took about fifty pages for me to find my stride and maybe a bit longer to really get into the book.
I suspect those difficulties would have lessened if I had read the books closer together, Slow start aside, the first book had me invested enough in the characters and plot and warning! ended on enough of a cliffhangeresque note that I was willing to plod along until things picked up even if it did leave me with the impression that, perhaps, the first book was better I later revised my opinion but perhaps others won't.


Anyway, the Meq's preparations for the remembering AKA "the Gogorati" begin in earnest in "Time Dancers.
" Both Sailor and the FleurduMal embark on a search for the elusive sixth stone that may be vital to the Remembering and, much worse, to the FleurduMal's continuous quest for dominance over the other Meq.
Along the way, Z and his allies which happily include all of the wonderful characters from "The Meq" cross oceans and hop continents in their quest.
Though the stone proves elusive, Z forges new alliances and finds several new mysteries along the wayincluding a Meq whose age is without precedent and another dangerous enemy.


"Time Dancers" is a good book, But not one that readers can follow without reading it's predecessor, thereby firmly grounding this novel as part of a trilogy.
What I particularly like about this book is the way Cash incorporates history into the novel, Beginning inafter the end of World War I and ending as World War II approaches its conclusion, this book looks at major events of the twentieth century from up close but also from an anonymous perspective.
Anyone interested in history would do well to give this book a glance to see how Cash artfully incorporates contemporary history as a plot vehicle for his fantastical story.


You can find this review and more on my blog sitelinkMiss Print This is the second Meq book, and it was just as good as the first, if not better.
The only thing I have to complain about is that it ends in such a great cliffhanger and yet the third book has yet to come out.
A fellow from a Terry Pratchett FB fan page suggested these books by Steve Cash, Fabulous! Wild story set in a panoply of world events from early train era to WW, Loved it. This is a wellrealised and unique world, parallel to ours, and the characters are fascinating! I couldn't finish bookin the series this is bookand it's past the boring stuff! Excellent.
. One historical fluff but that's not important, . . Steve Cash created “an absorbing and intriguing saga” The San Diego UnionTribune in his debut novel, The Meq.
Outwardly indistinguishable from human beings, but with abilities no human can claim, the Meq search for their lost history and face a mysterious prophesied reckoning.


It has been thirtyeight years since Ziannoknown as Zturned twelve, In appearance, he has not aged a day, Like all Meq, Z has become accustomed to a near immortal existence, possessing an uncanny ability to recuperate from injury and resist disease.
Like only four others of his kind, he holds one of the fabled Stones, the Stone of Dreams.
These bearers believe it is their destiny to guide the Meq toward and through the Remembering, where it is said that they will recall their longforgotten origins and purpose.


But the rogue Meq assassin called the FleurduMal threatens their efforts and their lives, Pursuing rumors of a lost Sixth Stone, he is intent on finding the legendary talisman and eliminating anyone, Meq or human, who stands in the way.


Z and his alliesOpari, Sailor, Geaxi, Nova, Ray, Mowsel, Carolina, Jack, and othersembark on a desperate quest spanning decades and continents to track down the stone before their lethal adversary gets to it first.
Along the way, every belief they have about themselves will be challenged and shakenand a new, even deadlier enemy will arise.
second book in the meq trilogy, the first book leaves you dying to know what happens next, the second book does not disappoint and it leaves you aching for the third, it is truelly a dance of time between the meq and humans, although the meq are immortal you see their humanity filled with their strengths and weaknesses, you are hurtled into the world of mystery/magic and whirled through history, through time, .