Island in the Sea of Time

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

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

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

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