Timeline
A Novel
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4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
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Publisher Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this thriller from the author of Jurassic Park, Sphere, and Congo, a group of young scientists travel back in time to medieval France on a daring rescue mission that becomes a struggle to stay alive.
“Compulsive reading . . . brilliantly imagined.”—Los Angeles Times
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 up 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.
Praise for Timeline
“Exciting . . . classic adventure . . . [a] swashbuckling novel . . . Crichton delivers.”—USA Today
“More screams per page . . . than Jurassic Park and The Lost World combined . . . The pace will leave many breathlessly grasping for oxygen masks.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune
“One of his best . . . [a] nonstop roller coaster of a novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Part high-tech science fiction thriller, part historical adventure, Michael Crichton’s spirited novel is a feast for the imagination. Robert Doniger is a multibillionaire physicist and entrepreneur who’s devised a brilliant new form of quantum technology that essentially amounts to time travel. Its use is highly regulated, so when an archaeologist zaps himself to 14th-century France, three of his brave young colleagues have no choice but to follow him into the past to try to bring him back. Crichton once again proves himself a master of speculative fiction, leading his protagonists through mind-blowing truths about this dark historical period. With riveting action, incredible creativity, and even some unexpected romance, Timeline is everything you you’d ever want in a time-travel story.
Customer Reviews
A Memorable ( for the proper reasons ) Adventure
This is a memorable adventure that history lovers like me are nearly guaranteed to enjoy. I do wish the teleportation was better explained and the motivations of Doniger were better. The research of quantum mechanics and history is very detailed. The heroes and heroines in the story are likable. Do not let the title fool you, this is NOT a time travel story but a multiverse story.
If you enjoyed his book Jurassic Park you will most likely enjoy this because there are many similarities. His books often involve technology being misused.
Please do not let the abysmal movie deter you from reading this book.
Awesome!
I love this book. Hate the movie. That simple. Very well thought out plot that is backed by science, which is a trademark of M.C. books.
Fascinating read
Couldn’t wait to get back to it each day.