Ten soldiers on convoy in Afghanistan suddenly find themselves lost in time. Somehow, they arrived in Earth's Paleolithic Asia. With no idea how they arrived or how to get back, the shock of the event is severe. They discover groups of the similarly displaced: Imperial Romans, Neolithic Europeans, and a small cadre of East Indian peasants. Despite their technological advantage, the soldiers only have ten people, and know no way home. Then two more time travelers arrive from a future far beyond the present. These time travelers may have the means to get back, but they aren't giving it up. In fact, they may have a treacherous agenda of their own, one that may very well lead to the death of the displaced in a harsh and dangerous era.
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boringJust not that interesting compared to his other series.
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Great time travel novelVery nice combination of the fantastic and strange with the gritty and mundane. I really like this novel.
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Glad I didn't get the eArcThe premise sounded interesting, but the story kind of dragged. Found myself getting bored, the story turned into the really long episode of the HGTV show "Off the grid ". The ending was rather anticlimactic.
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ExcellentA good yarn. Interesting, multifaceted problems to solve. Will definitely buy the next book in the series if one such is forthcoming.
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In the paleolithic there would have been no white people. Ancestors of ALL mankind were black. White skin is a recent evolution, less than 5000 years old. Story says there were no black people in the past. Other than this nitpick it was a great story.
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Product ReviewThe terror of the time displacement and the story of the ten American soldiers versus the prehistoric universe feels 'true'. Very well done.
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Product ReviewEnjoyed the ending. Looking forward to more books in this world.
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Product ReviewKept me interested and guessing at the same time.
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