Doomsday Book

\nFive years in the writing by one of science fiction\'s most honored authors, <\/strong>Doomsday Book<\/em><\/strong> is a storytelling triumph. Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering and the indomitable will of the human spirit.<\/strong>\n<\/div>For Kivrin, 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 an alibi for a woman traveling alone.

For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received. <\/div> But 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--barely of age herself--finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history\'s darkest hours.

<\/div>\nPraise for<\/strong> Doomsday Book<\/em><\/strong>\n<\/div>\A stunning novel that encompasses both suffering and hope. . The best work yet from one of science fiction\'s best writers.

\--<\/strong>The Denver Post<\/em><\/strong><\/strong>\Splendid work--brutal, gripping and genuinely harrowing, the product of diligent research, fine writing and well-honed instincts, that should appeal far beyond the normal science-fiction constituency.\--<\/strong>Kirkus Reviews<\/em><\/strong> (starred review)<\/strong>\n<\/div>\The world of 1348 burns in the mind\'s eye, and every character alive that year is a fully recognized being. .

It becomes possible to feel . . that Connie Willis did, in fact, over the five years Doomsday Book<\/em> took her to write, open a window to another world, and that she saw something there.