"Timeline" By Michael Crichton

Title: Timeline
Author: Michael Crichton
Published Year: 1999
Pages: 496


What happens when people go into the past using time travel? Knowing Crichton's works, you may have some idea. Like his other works that I have read, this one is full of technical knowledge that brings even more credibility into the actual story. Without the background technical information this could have ended up as just another time travel novel without the needed information to make it plausible.

For this installment of Crichton, he takes us on an adventure that does not really start out in an adventurous mode. There are bits and pieces spanning from a desert area in the southwest United States all the way to an archaeological site in France. By connecting these two with a big technical company, the real adventure begins. Members of the archaeological dig are sent back into the past to rescue one of their own. Throw in the normal twists and turns that Crichton thrives on and you got an awesome book that takes you all the way down to the wire.

Since Crichton has passed away a few years back, I am quickly going through many of his novels and I am going to feel a bit empty handed when I eventually finish all of them. If there is anyone out there that can refer me to an author that is similar in style and thoroughness I would greatly appreciate it.