3.5 stars. Interesting and unique concept, well worth your time. Lets start off with the good. This is not a book that I would have sought out on my own, it was part of a list which I decided to read my way through. Stirling sees the small island of Nantucket and its immediate surrounding areas swept into the past sometime around Also, I loved the character of Marion Alston, a formidable woman who goes from being a stoic, modern leader to a righteous and nearly invulnerable warrior. This book puzzles me. Of course there some serious gore and over-all shitty handling of women in the hands of past men, but there's enough of positive energy that things are going to change to be eager to read more. published in multiple languages including English, consists of 608 pages and is available in Mass Market Paperback format for offline reading. This is a good swash-buckling adventure story. Her love interest Swindapa is around 19 when they Excellent, if you like Swiss Family Robinson and Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court-type stories. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. There would be numerous times in the middle of cha. 6,771 Ratings. It has no literary merit whatsoever. No relevance to the story whatsoever. I recalled it as being super engaging, keeping my nose firmly in the book through a long and eventful weekend of travel. This one was filed in my mind as a swashbuckling adventure in time travel. This makes it kind of a cross between a time travel book and a post-apocalyptic tale. Kevin Carson: " It's the first volume of his Nantucket trilogy, which begins with an unexplained Event: the transportation of the entire island of Nantucket, with all its present-day buildings and inhabitants, to the world of 1250 BC. 1152 vol. S.M. Island in the sea of time. The book has been awarded with Booker Prize, Edgar Awards and many others. Stirling is probably best known for his. This is not a book that I would have sought out on my own, it was part of a list which I decided to read my way through. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. By the third he is over embellishing almost everything and by the last third of the third book I was skipping pages and speed reading sections. As exciting as the First Turtledove 'World War' novel, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2001. This is one of those books that is often said to define its sub-genre (modern people thrown back in time to live amongst savages - it's a surprisingly common theme in bad scifi/fantasy), by an author who is a giant in his genre (alternate history). Book: Island in the Sea of Time. Because we've dug To see what your friends thought of this book, There was no profanity or inappropriate materials in this book. Profanity? Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Good page turning story and if you are not pedantic, quite plausible. Place for blurb text, lots of lovely blurb text about the first book of S.M. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! August 4, 2015. I've read few books that I *really* didn't like. It was full of adventure, history and conflict between contemporary people and 1200BC Toltecs, Bronze Aged tribes in 'England' and Native Americans. Volume 1 of the Nantucket trilogy. In December of 1859, much of the United States was worried about the troubles in Kansas, and the growing possibility of Civil War. And I'm glad I finally read it. 'Re listening to a trilogy that runs out of steam by book 3, reviewed in the Sea time a page-turner that is certain to win the author legions of new and. 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