Author: Michael Crichton

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
“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

In Timeline, a mysterious death in the Arizona desert and a startling archaeological find in France lead a group of scientists into the heart of a secretive corporation with groundbreaking time-travel technology. Instead of merely studying history, they are thrust into it—transported to 14th-century France, where survival becomes a race against time. As they navigate medieval dangers and political intrigue, the team must fight to return home before history consumes them.