A solid 3 stars. I liked aspects of this book but it didn't blow me away. This story follows Max who is a historian who is enlisted into St. Mary's, a time-traveling organization that goes back in history to put the records straight on what actually happened in history. While the premise really drew me into this story, I couldn't seem to really engage myself in the characters. I liked them, but I found myself not caring about them. As far as the first book I can see that this was a pretty plot driven story with a lot of character development being either sprang on the reader or put on the backburner for another time to move the "time-traveling" training aspect along.