Re-Deal Reviews
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What Others Are Saying about Re-Deal: A Time-Travel Thriller
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I am Mirko from Switzerland. I just finished reading your novel “Re-Deal” and I really enjoyed it. It was funny, filled with suspense and extremely well written. Do you want to make a movie out of it?
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I also wish to let you know that I have just finished reading ‘Re-Deal’ which you kindly autographed, and thoroughly enjoyed its entertaining storyline, its humour, and also its inspirational message. Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Peter Kitchen
Toronto, Ontario
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Richard,
Thank you for autographing your book for me; it made the book that much more special. And thank you for writing Re-Deal. It was so refreshing…I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. I especially liked the ending. Hope you plan on writing another.
Have a blessed day.
Marietta Hallam
Zionsville, Indiana
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All I can say is it is outstanding! Really. The story-line is great, the time travel logic is pretty darn flawless as far as I can tell at a macro level which is very difficult to ensure logical flow. I love the morality and the spirituality of the story and the conversational language is very well done for the period aspects as well as the locales. I like the puns on words and I very much like your good guy characters..Your bad guys are bad, and I didn’t like them at all….as is appropriate. You tied in the historical figures very very well and as far as I could tell they were pretty darn historically acurate. …
The book is well edited, and for the most part pretty darn clean on errors. …
Thank you so much for writing this outstanding yarn….I really really enjoyed it and will tell others.
Magically as always,
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Tom Meseroll
Magus: Master of Martial Magic, www.martialmagician.com
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“Re-Deal: A Time Travel Thriller” is unique and interesting, very well written and amusing as well. … Highly recommended. ~ Robin, My Two Blessings
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I love a good novel, one that has characters you really like, and action, and of course suspense. Re-Deal has them all rolled up in one story. It was a story that I hated to see come to an end. I wanted Matt and his friends to have to play the world just so I could go on that journey with them. Richard Turner was able to write from his heart and put himself in so much of this story. It was a thrill and a joy reading Re-Deal A Time Travel Thriller. ~ Stephen Bargatze
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What an imagination…Richard Turner’s Re-Deal is full of unexpected twists and colorful characters. While still on Chapter One, I could visualize the story as a full-screen movie. I liked the short chapters. It made it very easy to pick up and read, even for short periods of time. I’ve given the book as a gift to a number of friends – it makes a great gift! ~ Yulanee McKnight, Summer Academy Registrar, San Antonio Academy
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You may think that I’m an awfully slow reader, but I just finished your book, “Re-Deal, A Time Travel Thriller.” You might say that I took my time traveling through time with Matt, Juan, Miss Guided and Damen—and I enjoyed every single second. Richard, the book is so well written. I didn’t know you had it in you! The plot was excellent. There is plenty of action, drama, humor, romance…my only question is, “when is the movie coming out?” I would love to see this on the big screen. ~ Gary Bell, Gary Bell Design Associates
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The multitalented Richard (the cheat) Turner has written a fascinating novel in a blend of Old West history, real life experiences in a semi world of magic and imagination. ~ Steve Terrell
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I just finished Re-Deal. What a story! It was a rollicking, wonderful read.
The ending absolutely caught me off-guard.
I enjoyed all the inside references (at least I THINK I caught most of them!), and I enjoyed the speculative poker games with all of the legends.
I was surprised to see one of my personal favorites in there — Madame Mustache! I have a story routine that is centered around a glove that allegedly belonged to her.
Anyway, I enjoyed it immensely.
Good work.
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Bill Palmer, M.I.M.C.
KGC #14
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“So if you are looking for a fun read, definitely pick this book up.” ~ Excerpt from review by The Bluestocking Guide: Reviews by a Partial, Prejudiced, and Ignorant Reader. Rated LI=liked it.
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“Great story, very riveting. I’ll bet you the entire State of Texas that once you start reading Richard Turner’s Re-Deal you will be ‘all in’ and unable to put it down until you are finished with his book ” ~ John Walton, President, Walton Beverages (Pepsi, Dr. Pepper)
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Re-Deal is the story of George Bailey, I mean Walter Mitty, no, I mean Marty McFly, no it was Richard Turner. Well, perhaps it’s an amalgamation of all those. Promoted as a time-travelling thriller, it is less science fiction than a well-spun yarn similar to Pecos Bill or a tall tale like Paul Bunyan. I will say one thing…it is a fun read. And it kept my attention through to the very end.
The story opens by introducing our enigmatic hero, Matt McCain, as the much maligned “loser” who is the descendent of a rancher who lost the farm to the Cypher family in a poker game in the late 1800’s. Grandfather McCain not only lost a rather sizeable piece of acreage but also he and his family had to serve the new owner as a common laborer for the rest of their days. But the game was lost due to Cypher’s underhanded cheating and Matt McCain dreamed of setting the record straight in the current day.
It is learned early on that Matt had lost his eyesight after the Cypher boys had burned his retinas with a magnifying glass. Matt teams up with one of the “lost boys” turned evangelist who was groomed to be a Cypher henchman. Together they make the acquaintance of a rather unusual lady who turns out to be an angel not too dissimilar from Clarence in Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life.” She knows they need to develop their hearts, minds, body and soul so she introduces them to karate school and to theatre that’s held in a church. Matt already has the extraordinary abilities with the “tickets” but she knows that he will need more than skill with a deck of cards for where they are going. They also study the Bible to the point that they understand and believe in and know it all: chapter, line and verse.
Big Lew Cypher threatens to kill Matt’s father unless Matt agrees to deal cards in his favor in a high stakes poker tournament. Matt refuses but knows he has little choice unless he can raise enough capital to play in the game himself. Miss Guided, the angel, knows there is only one way to help Matt so she takes them on a journey back in time where they interact with some of the most famous and infamous characters of the day including: Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickock, Wyatt Earp among many others of western legend. One of the people not so well known among the general populace was a gambler named Eric S. Andrews, who some believe was the author of “Expert At The Card Table” and better known by his name when reversed…S.W. Erdnase. Yes, Matt McClain and Andrews get to square off against each other, in a matter of speaking.
The intent of traveling back is not only for Matt to win money to take back to the future to play in a high stakes game to save his father, but also for the angel to make square the past for her poor judgment in not taking better care of Matt’s grandfather when she was supposed to be his guardian angel.
This is a fun journey and a good effort by first time novelist and card expert, Richard Turner. It is a thinly veiled yet highly fictionalized autobiography about his life and interests, though in truth and to my knowledge, Richard has not yet travelled back in time. During the sojourns to the past and dealing with present day villains, nowhere in this book does the language get crude, coarse or vulgar despite their unpleasant disposition and vile tempers. This is a book that could be on the shelf of junior high or high school students. It takes the reader on a trip not only through time but also of introspection. It shows the development of character and how one must avoid temptation to prevail in the face of insurmountable odds. It is a book of faith and perseverance. Certainly there is violence and lots of fighting (with only Matt and Juan knowing karate in the 1800’s) but the bad guys and the good guys both jump up and live (and heal) to fight again in the next chapter.
I enjoyed Re-Deal and it is all the more exciting knowing that the author is a magician and the references he makes in the book to conjurers, con men and conspirators of long ago. There are no tricks taught in this book and no secrets revealed, but I do feel as if my horizons have been broadened and my faith renewed if you can read the secrets between the lines. I think you will find the same in here, too.
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Scott Wells
Houston Association of Magicians – Magician of the Year 2002