AMAP PANI

SANDY AND DENNYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE NORMAL, RUN-OF-THE-MILL ONES IN THE EXTRAODINARY MURRY FAMILY. NOTHING ESPECIALLY INTERESTING HAS HAPPENED TO THE TWINS UNTIL THEY ACCIDENTALLY INTERRUPT THEIR FATHER`S EXPERIMENT. THEN THE TWO BOYS ARE THROWN ACROSS TIME AND SPACE. THEY FIND THEMSELVES ALONE IN THE DESERT, WHERE, IF THEY BELIEVE IN UNICORNS, THEY CAN FIND UNICORNS, AND WHETHER THEY BELIEVE OR NOT, MAMMOTHS AND MANTICORES WILL FIND THEM. THE TWINS ARE RESCUED BY JAPHETH, A MAN FROM THE NEARBY OASIS, BUT BEFORE HE CAN BRING THEM TO SAFETY, DENNYS GETS LOST. EACH BOY IS QUICKLY EMBROILED IN THE CONFLICTS OF THIS TIME AND PLACE, WHOSE POPULATIONS INCLUDES WINGED SERAPHIM, A FEW STRAY MYTHIC BEASTS, PERILOUS AND BEAUTIFUL NEPHILIM, AND SMALL, LONG LIVED HUMANS WHO CONSIDER SANDY AND DENNYS GIANTS. THE BOYS FIND THEY HAVE MORE TO DO IN THE OASIS THAN SIMPLY GETTING THEMSELVES HOME--THEY HAVE TO REUNITE AN ESTRANGED FATHER AND SON, BUT IT WON`T BE EASY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SON IS NAMED NOAH AND HE`S ABOUT TO START BUILDING A BOAT IN THE DESERT.द टाइम क्विन्टेट मालिकेतील हे चौथं पुस्तक. मरी कुटुंबातली मुलं आता मोठी झाली आहेत. सँडी आणि डेनीस ही जुळी मुलं तशी सर्वसामान्य मुलांसारखीच. पण पौगंडावस्थेतले हे दोघे आई-वडिलांच्या प्रयोगशाळेत असताना अनवधानाने एका चालू प्रयोगात ढवळाढवळ करतात आणि काळाच्या सीमा ओलांडून अतिप्राचीन काळातल्या निर्मनुष्य वाळवंटात जाऊन पोचतात. हा काळ असतो ‘नोहा आणि त्याचे जहाज’ या बायबलमधील पौराणिक गोष्टीतला...या काळाची वाट हरवलेल्या मुलांना पुढे अनेक बऱ्यावाईट अद्भुत प्रसंगांना सामोरं जावं लागतं. यातला अप्रतिम कल्पनाविलास वाचकांना खिळवून ठेवतो.