“The Mongol Ascension” by Andrew Varga is a young adult fiction novel that is part of the “Jump in Time” series. The book follows the story of Dan Renfrew, a seventeen-year-old time jumper, who travels back in time to ancient Mongolia in the year 1179 to save the Mongol Empire and the future of the entire world from a band of rogue time jumpers who are bent on taking over the world. The book is well-written and engaging, with a fast-paced plot that keeps the reader hooked from start to finish. The author’s writing style is easy to follow, making it an enjoyable read for young adults and adults alike. The book is also filled with vivid descriptions of the Mongol Empire, which adds to the overall reading experience.

One of the strengths of the book is its characters. Dan Renfrew is a relatable protagonist who faces the usual challenges of high school life but with the added responsibility of being a time jumper. The other characters in the book, including the brave Mongol teen whom Dan and his partner Sam meet on their journey, are also well-developed and add depth to the story. However, some readers may find the book predictable, with a plot that follows a familiar formula of time travel and saving the world.

Additionally, the book may not be suitable for readers looking for a more historically accurate portrayal of the Mongol Empire, as the book takes some creative liberties with historical events. In conclusion, “The Mongol Ascension” by Andrew Varga is an enjoyable young adult fiction novel that is part of the “Jump in Time” series. The book’s engaging plot, well-developed characters, and vivid descriptions of the Mongol Empire make it a worthwhile read for fans of the genre. However, readers looking for a more historically accurate portrayal of the Mongol Empire may be disappointed.

Third in a series of time travel adventures, we find Dan, a 17 year old high schooler facing challenges on every side. Following in the footsteps of his father, who was also a "Time Jumper", Dan jumps back in time with his best friend Samantha who is also a "Time Jumper". They land on the Mongolia steppes to meet a young Genghis Khan. The novel is well paced, well developed and riveting. Along the way, the young Genghis Kahn imparts some sterling life principles to Sam which we would all do well to adopt. There is a minimum of violence and no sex scenes. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am motivated to read the first two in this series, as well .It wasn't clear to me if the series continues. We are left with the fate of the world hanging in the hands of Sam and his new Time Jumper friends. Must find out how it resolves. If you enjoy time travel novels or are looking for some good material for teens or pre-teems this is an excellent choice.

The Mongol Ascension is the third book in the series written by Andrew Varga. The time glitch that Dan and Sam have to fix takes place in Mongolia during the early years of Genghis Khan. Young seventeen-year-old Temujin is on a quest to rescue his wife from the Merkit army. At first Dan and Sam don’t understand what the glitch is they spend days with the Monguls which includes hordes of armies, near death experiences and fights but nothing obvious about what the glitch they need to fix is. Dan learns important lessons about leadership and how to strategically take down a foe from Temujin. I love the added progression of the character arc of Dan, he’s 17, a time traveler who has inherited the job after his dad was murdered by another time traveler, Victor. Dan not only has to navigate the time traveling world but also high school. How does he stay out of trouble, date and have relationships with others who are not part of the time traveling community. Dan navigates all these challengers the best he can and matures more into what his next role is take down Victor Stahl before he destroys the time travel or community and the world.

Varga is back with another installment in the A Jump in Time series, featuring homeschooled student Dan Renfred. I love seeing other homeschoolers as protagonists in books as there isn't a lot of represenation here. In this book, we travel to 12th century Mongolia. History has glitched and our characters have to help Genghis Khan recover his wife, Borte. There are many narrow escapes, misadventures, and lucky twists, but they succeed in the end. My only complaint? Given Dan's background knowledge, I felt like he should have known who Temujin was without having to look it up! (However, I understand why the author made that call for plot reasons.)

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I definitely enjoyed this book and the journey. Too bad it wasn't Book-1 in the series. I still dove in and was captivated with each page I turned. This is an awesome adventure for any middle school student.
Time jumps are always exciting to see and learn through the different times of life. A good taste to lightly appreciate science. A good moving story altogether.
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This was the first book in the series that I have read and even without reading the previous 2 books this works as a stand alone book. The premise and story we engaging and even though it is meant for a younger audience kept my attention throughout the book. The history of Genghis Kahn is something I have not read much about and was interesting to learn about his rise to power and quest to unite all the tribes of the area. The history seems to be well researched and enough characters are included to give the story depth while not overwhelming me as a reader trying to keep everyone straight. The time traveling aspect of the book was enjoyable as well. I read some excerpts to my son and he is interested in starting the series from the beginning now. I look forward to experiencing the whole series with him.

A time-travelling adventurous teenage duo end up landing in Mongolia, and unbeknowing to them, they stumble into discovering that, it's up to them to save Mongolia and their future, maybe. They don't teach you this stuff in your history class. Whose for saving the Mongols?
This is the third book in the 'A Jump in Time' series by Andrew Varga. You will be following Dan and Sam as they travel to 1179 Mongolia, via Time Travel, of course. Reading this book will not disappoint you, Mr. Varga writes his story, so that it capitulates you faster and faster in the plot, and Dan and Sam are quite the individuals, to lead you, with their unique personalities, you'll want to stay by their side during whole entire reading. And you won't want to stop there, you adventurous soul, you!

In the third Jump in Time book, Dan Renfrew and his partner Sam travel back in time to ancient Mongolia. There, they work to fix a "glitch" in time. Upon returning home to his time, Dan finds out there's an even bigger challenge to fight in order to save the world. Dan finds allies in new friends. Author Andrew Varga's story brings historical fiction with a touch of fantasy and a promise of more adventures to come for our teen heroes Dan and Sam.

Another fabulous installment to the series! Mongolia is such a fresh setting. I loved the new location and new plot twists. I can’t wait for the next one.

The Mongol Ascension is Andrew Varga's best book so far. The writing style is better, the characters have more personality (although Dan remains annoyingly thirsty) and the plot is moving quicker.

The departure from the familiar old England background also makes a difference versus the previous books, as well as the back and forth between past and present. This book is an "independent" adventure like the previous ones as but it's also where you feel that the bigger plot is moving and more pieces find their place in the board.

Andrew Varga succeeds once again into making the past feel unpleasant. Glory, nobility and heroics? No, because the truth is that you found yourself in medieval Mongolia, you would have to eat the (honestly disgusting) food of the Mongol horsemen, you could be attacked and killed at any moment, and if you're Sam you would be constantly ogled and harassed by thousands of men.

The bigger picture remains kind of vague: Victor is grandstanding and it's quite unclear how he plans to use the past to change the future yet.

One small remark, it's kind of strange that Dan didn't know who their 17-year old Mongol protector/protegee was, this name is quite known especially to history nerds. Like, I knew immediately.

Thank you NetGalley and Imbrifex Books for the ARC!

I loved this book! A departure from the typical historical fiction genre, but so entertaining,. Not a complex story, but I still feel like I learned a lot and I’m now going to read this author’s other works, in fact, I can’t wait!

Das hier ist nun der dritte Band um den 17jährigen Dan Renfrew, dem unfreiwilligem Time-Jumper, der gemeinsam mit seiner besten Freundin Sam immer wieder zurück in die Vergangenheit reist, um dort Störimpulse aufzuspüren und zu beseitigen, sodass die Geschichte sich so abspielen kann, wie wir sie aus unseren Geschichtsbüchern gewohnt sind. Das ist so der grobe Rahmen des Geschehens, und hier nun finden sich Dan und Sam in den mongolischen Steppen vor etwa 1000 Jahren wieder, gerade rechtzeitig, um den ebenfalls 17jährigen Temuzin bei einem Angriff zur Seite zu stehen und ihm das Leben zu retten. Als Dank dürfen sie ihn dann dabei begleiten, seine gekidnappte Frau aus den Klauen feindlicher Stämme zu befreien. Falls es irgendjemand jetzt schon vermutet: besagter mongolische Teenie soll später als Dschingis Khan ein Weltreich erobern, und wir haben nun als Leser das Vergnügen, gemeinsam mit Dan und Sam eine ganz neue Seite an dieser historischen Persönlichkeit zu entdecken 😊.
Zwischenzeitlich sind wir aber auch immer mal wieder mit Dan im hier und heute, und hier hat er mit ganz anderen Problemen zu kämpfen. Seit dem Tod seines Vaters lebt er alleine und geht seit neuem zur Schule - bislang hatte ihn sein Vater unterrichtet, und das vorwiegend in Geschichte und Martial Arts jeglicher Art. Dan ist ein wenig ein Sonderling auf seiner Schule, und hat so seine Schwierigkeiten mit den dortigen Maulhelden…. Allerdings gibt es auch positive Dinge, als er die hübsche Jenna kennenlernt und sich eine zarte Romanze anbahnt. Und wie passt Sam da jetzt rein? Dan muss einige Entscheidungen treffen….
Und nicht zu vergessen, Viktor, der große Feind, der nichts anderes als die Weltherrschaft im Sinn hat, ist auch noch da. Alle Time-Jumper fürchten ihn, und doch muss er gestoppt werden. Dan ist bereit, den Kampf aufzunehmen. Das ist hier die ganz große Storyline drumherum: egal in welches historische Abenteuer Dan sich auch stürzt, im Hintergrund ist immer die Bedrohung durch Viktor und dessen Gehilfen. Und kleiner Spoiler: das Buch endet mit einem üblen Cliffhanger, gerade als Dan gegen Viktor aufrüstet.
Mein Leseeindruck: Ich war wieder total begeistert 😊. Ich habe die beiden Vorgängerbände schon gefeiert, und das hier war wieder ein geniales Abenteuer. Richtig, richtig gut geschrieben, ich war von Seite 1 mitgerissen. Die Personen bekommen mittlerweile alle richtig Tiefe, und egal ob im Jetzt oder in der Vergangenheit, ich war gefesselt.
Was halt auch immer toll ist: der Autor ist Historiker und kennt sich in den jeweiligen Epochen sehr gut aus. Das war eine coole Geschichtsstunde, ich glaube, ich habe mit diesem Roman mehr über die Mongolen und Dschingis Khan gelernt, als je zuvor.
Wir haben hier ein permanent hohes Spannungslevel, plus viele authentische Dialoge, coole Charaktere, es passt alles, man kann durch den Roman fliegen.
Es war mir ein Vergnügen, und ich warte jetzt schon auf den nächsten Teil!
Vielen Dank an den Verlag und an Netgalley für das Rezensionsexemplar!

- The Summary -
The Mongol Ascension is the third book in the A Jump in Time series, in this installment, we follow Dan and Sam to 1179 Mongolia. After landing in the Mongolian steppe, they save a young man named Temujin to rescue his wife. Hoping that this jump will help them understand what Victor Stahl's plans are and hopefully help them with a plan on how to stop them.
Outside of the time jump, Dan and Sam continue to dig to uncover Victor's plans in the present.

- The Review -
Another fantastic book, I love this series so much; I would have been more interested in history if I grew up with these books.
There's a really nice balance in this book, we get to see a bit more about Dan's life outside of the time jump which allows for a bit more character development. This is nicely balanced with the time jump and larger plots being developed as well. I'm excited to see more of Dan's experiments when traveling in the time stream.
Overall, a fantastic read, I binged the whole this in a few days and already I can't wait for the next one.

- The Acknowledgement -
Thank you to NetGalley, Andrew Varga, and Imbrifex Books for the ARC. I received an advanced copy for free, but my words and opinions are my own.

Third book in an excellent series for middle school readers. Time jumping allows contemporary characters to interact with historical characters in a way that shows the past era as well as what remains the same in human actions and relationships. Creative plots and good use of characters.

5 Stars! Another winner from author Andrew Varga! This is the 3rd book, & the 3rd 5 star rating from me in the ‘A Jump in Time’ series and while it can be read as a standalone, I’d highly recommend reading this series in order, I’ve loved every book so far. In this book, the main character, 17 year old Dan & jump partner Sam, jump back to Mongolia in 1179 to help 17 year old Temujin get his wife, Borte, back from the Merkits. Not meerkats like Timon from The Lion King, Merkits, a tribe in 12th century Mongolia. According to Wikipedia, after a struggle of over 20 years, they were defeated in 1200 by Genghis Khan and were incorporated into the Mongol Empire.
I love how this author makes it exciting to learn history. If I had a history teacher that made history fun to learn and imagine, I’d have learned a lot more. I’d categorize this book as historical fiction, action packed with a smidge of romance and life of a 17 year old high school student who time travels and is trying to stop an evil senator from taking over the world! Lots of interesting and entertaining information and this series should be added to middle or high school history classes.
I cannot wait to read the rest of this series. Where will Dan & Sam go next? The Roman Empire? The Wild West? Maybe an African tribe as they rounded up and sold slaves? That would be a great way to teach kids about the start of slavery in the US & how it came to be. This really is a great series and one of my absolute favorites! Highly recommend this book & this series! 100% absolutely worth it!
*I received this book at no charge & I voluntarily left this review.*

Andrew Varga delivers another winner. I love this series, it's not only fun but makes the reader think about history. What were those characters like while history was being made. Fun and action filled. Thank you.