A light romp through time and space with shades of similarity to Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams.

This is a fairly detailed account of major events in hockey's Patrick family and the many ways they made the game great.

Since it covers a large time period, there are few but the major details of the lives of any prominent characters. It gives more of a broader impression of the interactions among the changing nations and City States. It also jumps back in time to cover the history of the different realms of the major players France, Germany, England, Spain, Italy, the Christian Church and the Holy Roman Empire in order to restart the story from the new geographical perspective.

This novel is a clever combination of history and science fiction. The author brilliantly puts you into the mind of a remarkable, and unlikely gladiator of Rome from the early years of the Christian era, as he struggles to assimilate into modern society.