Author: S.M. Stirling

This is the first book of a trilogy (books listed below).

Stirling has come up with a brilliant idea here...take the island of Nantucket and have it suddenly transported back in time to 1250 B.C., then see how the island inhabitants cope with loss of 20th century technology and their Bronze Age neighbors.

I thoroughly enjoyed these books, even though there were times that the military and sea battle descriptions were a bit much. There are some great characters in a decent sized cast, and the depiction of life in 1250 B.C. is nothing less than great. The idea that the island inhabitants could change the future, knowing all that they know of history, and actually feel obligated to, is very intriguing. So intriguing, in fact, that this whole idea was essentially copied in another book 1632 by Eric Flint. I actually enjoyed the 1632 version of the idea more than Stirling's take on it, but I still am willing to highly recommend these books by Stirling.

I have placed these books in the Fantasy category because even though they are time travel of a sort, they are more historical fantasy than anything. They could even be in the Disaster category, due to all the info on how to survive in 1250 B.C. without a lot of your current day technology, but since this isn't a world disaster type of theme, I think they belong in Fantasy.

Trilogy:

Island in the Sea of Time
Against the Tide of Years
On the Oceans of Eternity