Alex Balfour Series by Allen Appel, Allen Appell

This adventure takes the reader across the vast breadth of Russia, racing against both the Whites and the Reds. Alex Balfour, a young history professor with a comfortably conventional life and career, suddenly finds his complacency shattered by the instrusion of the past.This is travel on the grand scale, a story of daring and romance; the novel moves from contemporary New York to the streets of St. Petersburg where Alex becomes inexorably involved with major players in the Russian Revolution.

For the second time, historian Alex Balfour, who has a genetic disposition to time travel (Time After Time), finds himself in another era. Transported to the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, Alex is befriended by a disparate group, including four black men, some captured Indians, Mark Twain, and General Custer. Concurrently, his contemporary lover, New York Times reporter Molly Glenn, is pursuing the story of a young Sioux claiming to be the descendant of Crazy Horse.

From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima, Alex Balfour is trapped in some of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War. Back in the present, girlfriend Molly deals with a terrorist threat. This time, Alex is not sure if he'll ever make it back. And he doesn't.

Professional historian-hero and time-traveler Alex Balfour returns in the most exciting of his critically acclaimed adventures. This time he wakes up literally in the middle of the Civil War. And this time, he's not the only one traveling through time. Last seen falling asleep on a small Japanese island shortly after Hiroshima, Alex, a twenty-first century New Yorker, awakens between a Rebel stand and a Union charge led by George Armstrong Custer... moreProfessional historian-hero and time-traveler Alex Balfour returns in the most exciting of his critically acclaimed adventures. This time he wakes up literally in the middle of the Civil War. And this time, he's not the only one traveling through time. Last seen falling asleep on a small Japanese island shortly after Hiroshima, Alex, a twenty-first century New Yorker, awakens between a Rebel stand and a Union charge led by George Armstrong Custer. Wounded by crossfire, Alex is taken to a makeshift hospital, but not before he witnesses the gruesome murder of a helpless soldier long after the fighting has ceased. Meanwhile, in present-day New York City, Alex's girlfriend and intrepid Times reporter Molly Glenn loses her way chasing a story and winds up in the thick of the Civil War herself. As Alex tries to make sense of the murder and Molly, in cumbersome crinolines and petticoats, tries to make headway against prevailing male attitudes toward women, they meet such historical figures as Abraham Lincoln, Sidney Lanier, Ambrose Bierce, and Walt Whitman. Confronting hard-hitting historical truths, exploring moral dilemmas, and packing page-turning adventure, In Time of War continues the timeless series beloved by legions of fans. less