I deviated from my norm to read what seems to be time-travel/fantasy, and was surprised at my immediate engagement. I usually read a novel straight through but found myself rereading parts and needing to think about the characters’ names, the time changes, Charlie’s world, and how enticing it is to want to be inside a “globe” (?). This is an extremely adventurous, exciting, scary tale--socio-politico-religious-economic situations true to centuries past as well as present-day historical events--an allegory akin to Pilgrim’s Progress, though Sills is much more readable and fantastical. At the beginning of some chapters, the author provides profound food for thought. I found myself ruminating as I feasted on his declarations and questions. “Human life is one of the most commonly spent commodities….What if the soldiers lay down their arms and simply said no….What if?” This is an adventure of pondering; I have not yet reached a viable conclusion.