by Michael Crichton · Milano, Mondolibri · tapa dura · ISBN 9788811660361
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In the Arizona desert, a man wanders aimlessly, uttering meaningless words. After twenty-four hours, he dies and his body is cremated by the only people who seem to know him. Elsewhere, a team of archaeologists is working on the ruins of a medieval village in the Dordogne, where they discover a room that has remained sealed for over six hundred years. But at the headquarters of the company funding the project, scholars will make an even more surprising discovery: the head of the mysterious multinational has invented a real time machine. In a desperate attempt to find Professor Johnson, the head of the expedition who has fallen into a space-time tunnel, they will project themselves into one of the most adventurous and violent periods in history. From that moment on, our heroes must survive in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, between soldiers and fascinating castle ladies, sieges and bloody battles, to try to return safe and sound to the 21st century.
John Michael Crichton was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical background.
