Island in the Sea of Time
by:
S.M. Stirling (author)
It's spring on Nantucket and everything is perfectly normal, until a sudden storm blankets the entire island. When the weather clears, the island's inhabitants find that they are no longer in the late twentieth century...but have been transported instead to the Bronze Age! Now they must learn to...
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It's spring on Nantucket and everything is perfectly normal, until a sudden storm blankets the entire island. When the weather clears, the island's inhabitants find that they are no longer in the late twentieth century...but have been transported instead to the Bronze Age! Now they must learn to survive with suspicious, warlike peoples they can barely understand and deal with impending disaster, in the shape of a would-be conqueror from their own time.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451456755 (0451456750)
ASIN: 451456750
Publish date: March 1st 1998
Publisher: Roc
Pages no: 608
Edition language: English
Series: Island in the Sea of Time (#1)
AudiobookCan I book about a modern day island on the American east coast (Nantucket) going back in time be boring? Yes. And for an isolated island with minimal supplies there is a lot of traveling going on - to Europe, to the Caribbean, South America. I know the author didn't want to bog down the bo...
I’ve been a fan of alternate history ever since I first picked up a copy of the first book in Harry Turtledove’s Worldwar series. In fact, it is what led me to Eric Flint’s 1632, which served as a huge inspiration for Children of the Halo. Recently, it was suggested by someone on my Facebook page ...
This book is the first in Stirling's Nantucket series and is a speculative fiction piece that revolves around what would happen if the island of Nantucket and all of its inhabitants were tranported to the Bronze Age. The book is filled with many fun 'What if' scenarios. What if modern man ran into M...
The whole island of Nantucket and the Eagle, a U.S. Coast Guard ship, were transported back in time to roughly 1250 B.C. by some mysterious happening they called “the event.” Nantucket’s chief of police, Jared Cofflin, quickly works to restore order and peace to the island as they try and figure ou...
I give credit to Stirling for making such an accurate time travel story and for clearly doing his research, making it as realistic as possible. However, that's one of the only satisfactions I received. Eventually said research became overbearing, and instead of letting his readers learn and come to ...
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