In captivating fashion, Robert Skead and his father help readers travel back in time to significant moments in American history. Seeing these events through the eyes of young people who are thrust into crucial situations and work with noted heroes of our history is a fun and entertaining way to learn about America’s great story.

For generations in America, historical novels were an integral part of our reading. They transported us back in time, stimulated our imaginations, and allowed us to see great historical events through the eyes of imaginary heroes and heroines. Such were the writings of Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, and Louisa May Alcott. Robert Skead and his father have thankfully revived that worthy practice.

This is a great story about the history of our country. It is written in such a way that children and adults will enjoy the story for itself, and as a bonus, will be learning about the history of our country. When I read historical fiction books it always inspires me to look back and research what it is that I’m reading about. This story will inspire the reader to further their knowledge of the time period and help them to understand the historical significance of events that occurred and how they relate to current events.

It is the role of the Past to teach the Future.  Without that aid the Future continually stumbles never understanding that it has all been done before.  With the aid of the pen of Robert J. Skead and his father, our past, seen through the eyes of his heroes the Clark twins, teaches a great deal about courage, patriotism, and right and wrong during the trying times of the American Revolution.  Books such as Links to Liberty, the exciting story of the great West Point Chain, ought to be read by all young Americans.  The future of this nation, and to a great extent, the future of the world, will be in their hands.  They will need the Past as a guide.

The Clark twins return to make tough decisions, test their courage, and risk their lives for the American Revolution. If they falter, West Point—the key to the continent—could be lost to the British. Our modern-day era of too much partisanship and too little patriotism has a lot to learn from the father-son Skead team, who inspire us with a gripping, action-packed story of young patriots who put their country first.

Links to Liberty, like all of the Skead’s American Revolutionary War Adventure books, is full of action, mystery and history.  In the finest tradition of adventure novels, each scene and chapter beckons the reader forward through a wonderful and unapologetically patriotic journey though the birth of America.