The Committee (specifically Weitzman) is stirring up trouble the project is being Mysterious woman Angela and what is her connection to Sam, Al and Teresa? What is she Remembers the promise of Angel Al that he would come back and has been waiting for himĮver since. She was a little girl at the time, but she Young woman named Teresa Bruckner, who he had contact with in another leap. Leapt into a Catholic priest named Samuel O’ Keefe, and it’s his job to help a

Without spoiling it, I was left somewhat unsatisfied by the emotional reconnection and I think it caused more questions than it resolved.Īll in all, I'm glad to have read this book and have another chapter in the life of these great characters.During that episode, Al was seen by a young girl and promised to come back to visit her. The book is a sequel of sorts to an episode of Quantum Leap's second season. Spending more time with him would have helped his portrayal. Where it got most interesting (the debate about what an angel is) was not given enough time.Īs mentioned before, Sam Beckett is ultimately a secondary character and comes off as a bit more aloof and disengaged than normal. It is so steeped in Catholicism and the exploration and explanation of certain Catholic practices and traditions that I got lost and disinterested.

While I enjoyed the book overall, it doesn't get five stars for a few reasons. Ultimately, the explanations given match my understanding of the 'rules of the show' and I could easily graft it into my 'head canon' without it bumping on anything that aired. The book was filled with references to previous episodes and subtly explained things that would have needed exploration since most of the story was told from Al's point of view. At first, I was not all that excited about the return of Angela, the 'real angel,' however, she winds up working here and playing a vital role in both the plot and the theme of exploring what is an angel. A couple of additional characters from the show reappear. This is a story ultimately about Al and a lot of the story takes place in his timeframe. The author constructs a story that feels like it could have been an extended episode of Quantum Leap, although the focus is largely shifted away from Sam Beckett and it packs in additional Quantum Leap mythology that would have been stripped away in a show. Of all the Quantum Leap novels based on the show, this was the one I was most interested in as it picked up the threads from a second season episode and followed up on a promise made by the main characters that was never fulfilled during the series.

Quantum Leap by L. Elizabeth Storm