TIMELINE By Michael Crichton

Published : 1999
Pages : 489
Overall Mark : 9/10

When a man is found wandering in the desert, a group of young scientists find themselves lead into a search for a missing professor. When they discover that he's actually missing 600 years in the past, they are sent on a dangerous mission back through time to medieval France to find him and bring him back, but the company that have discovered this means of time travel have neglected to give the scientists some important information which could mean the difference between life and death.

This is an extremely well researched novel, which manages to blend science fiction flawlessly with historical accuracy. Crichton once again proves that he is able to jump from one genre to the next without losing any of the detail or the love for the subject, and here he gives us an almost flawless example of his work. If you haven’t read Crichton’s work before, I recommend starting with either this or Disclosure, which are about as different as two books can get but are both just as enjoyable as the other.