Timeline
In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the...
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In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival–six hundred years ago. . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345468260 (0345468260)
ASIN: 345468260
Publish date: November 4th 2003
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
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Techno/historical adventure from Michael Crichton, taking place in 1990's America and mediaeval France.Without giving too much away, a group of archaeology students are sent back in time to rescue their professor who has got stranded there.As with most Crichton books, it reads like a screenplay, kee...
I really enjoyed this story. Timeline was a book that mixed sci-fi with fantasy in a pretty interesting and believable way. The book was a very easy and quick read and provided a nice diversion. One of my coworkers, Ed, also read the book and enjoyed it. However, he also saw Timeline the Movie and h...