Timeline: A Novel

#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

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512 pages

Average rating: 6.84

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Zookreeper
Mar 02, 2025
6/10 stars
I liked the premise, though there were a few plot holes, in my opinion. The last few 'hours' within the journey seemed to take a very long time, so the ending stretched out longer than I think was necessary.
DenverAmanda
Jan 10, 2025
8/10 stars
Good story. Enjoyed the feel of being in 14th century France
margardenlady
Dec 27, 2023
8/10 stars
Fun mystery with lots of science-like connections, and a nice 14th century connection. Filled with a lot of the typical characters - evil genius, nice guy, crazy ex-marine...but I really liked the main characters and found them to be nicely fleshed out.

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