On his body are detailed sketches of what look like floor plans for a monastery. However, he quickly succumbs to abnormalities in his blood vessels, and dies. They bring him in to a local hospital, where it is discovered that he is an employee of a quantum tech company called ITC. If you love medieval European history and an action packed narrative involving people from the future being thrown into the past, then Timeline will keep you glued to its pages, and then some.Ī vacationing couple driving through the Arizona desert discover a wandering old man, who seems lost and incoherent. Timeline is classic Crichton – clever, suspenseful and thrilling – and once you get going, it’s extremely hard to put down. I was overjoyed when by chance, I found a copy at Book Xcess recently (I was going to the checkout counter and almost missed it). I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, but for many years, I was unable to find it in local bookstores since it’s not a new title, and reprints are harder to find. I first read this as a tattered library copy, almost ten years ago, when I was still in college.Even back then, I could see why the paperback was dog-eared and well thumbed through, its spine full of creases.
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