Island in the Sea of Time, S. M. Stirling
Island in the Sea of Time, S. M. Stirling
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Island in the Sea of Time

Author: S. M. Stirling

Narrator: Todd McLaren

Unabridged: 25 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/10/2008


Synopsis

During a perfect spring evening on Nantucket, a violent storm erupts and a dome of crawling, colored fire blankets the island. When the howling winds subside and the night skies clear, the stars appear to have shifted. The mainland has become a wilderness of unbroken forest, where tools of bronze and stone litter the beaches, and primitive natives scatter in terror.

A startling phenomenon has occurred: The island of Nantucket has been swept into the long-ago past. With its inhabitants adrift in the year 1250 BC, there is only one question to be answered: Can they survive?

About S. M. Stirling

S. M. Stirling is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy novels, including the popular Nantucket series that began with Island in the Sea of Time and, more recently, Dies the Fire and The Protector's War. A former lawyer and an amateur historian, he lives in the Southwest with his wife, Jan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brownbetty on July 05, 2009

This book is technically fairly well executed, but politically leaves me cross-eyed. Warning for sexual violence, weird race issues, and general ookiness. In order to discuss it, first, an overview of the plot: One spring night, the island of Nantucket (with several miles of coastal waters) is inexpl......more

Goodreads review by Kat on August 15, 2011

ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature. After a strange electrical storm, the residents of Nantucket discover that their entire island and its surrounding waters have been sent back to 1300 B.C. Now this society, which is mostly based on a tourist economy, must figure out how to establish a new iden......more

Goodreads review by YouKneeK on October 21, 2017

This is an alternate history in which the island of Nantucket is unexpectedly and inexplicably thrown back in time from 1998 to 1250 B.C. Nantucket is a real island, part of Massachusetts in the U.S. The story focuses on how they survive, considering Nantucket had relied mostly on outside food sourc......more

Goodreads review by Economondos on March 15, 2025

This is the best time travel book I have ever read. Stirling does an excellent job showing as much as would fit of the shock, culture clash, and confusion of the modern people set against the history (what little is written and found in the archeological record) of that era. He then extrapolates in......more