{"product_id":"doomsday-book","title":"Doomsday Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A tour de force\" - New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ambitious, finely detailed and compulsively readable\" - Locus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in\" - Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Kivrin Engle, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity''s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing a bullet-proof backstory. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history''s darkest hours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of both the 1993 Hugo and Nebula Best Novel awards, this is a science fiction classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead what everyone is saying about \u003ci\u003eDoomsday Book\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''By the time I finished the book, I had the feeling I also spent time living with these medieval men, women and children. \u003cb\u003eThe novel is that powerful\u003c\/b\u003e'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eI can''t stop thinking about \u003ci\u003eDoomsday Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. I can''t get the images out of my head. I can''t get the train of thought out of my head. \u003cb\u003eI can''t stop my throat from tightening or my jaw from clenching\u003c\/b\u003e'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eI was fascinated by CW''s take on time travel\u003c\/b\u003e and the mirroring of the plague in the future with the past''s Black Death, but moreover, \u003cb\u003ethe characters snuck up on me and tore my soul apart\u003c\/b\u003e'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA lovely and heart-wrenching story, highly recommended.\u003c\/b\u003e It''s much more about the characters than the hard science. Kivrin''s - and the villagers'' - bravery in the face of death and tragedy \u003cb\u003ehit me right in the heart\u003c\/b\u003e'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eThis is the mostest bestest time travel novel ever written . . . Connie Willis is just too bloody good\u003c\/b\u003e'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The strengths of this novel are its \u003cb\u003eattention to Historical details\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eengaging and believable characters\u003c\/b\u003e suitable to an era and the dark but \u003cb\u003ehopeful tones and themes\u003c\/b\u003e of the story'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I read this book for the first time about six years ago and barely survived it, I was so involved in everything that was happening. \u003cb\u003eConnie Willis is an amazing writer\u003c\/b\u003e'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318969278846,"sku":"NW9780575131095","price":13.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780575131095.jpg?v=1778638160","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/doomsday-book","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}