{"product_id":"doomsday-book-a-novel-of-the-oxford-time-travel-series-9780593724330","title":"Doomsday Book: A novel of the Oxford Time Travel series","description":"\u003cb\u003eConnie 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour de force.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Kivrin, preparing to travel back in time to study 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnie Willis has won six Nebula Awards (more than any other science fiction writer), six Hugo Awards, and for her first novel, \u003cb\u003eLincoln's Dreams\u003c\/b\u003e, John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her novel \u003cb\u003eDoomsday Book\u003c\/b\u003e won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards, and her first short-story collection, \u003cb\u003eFire Watch\u003c\/b\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. Her other works include \u003cb\u003eTo Say Nothing of the Dog\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBellwether\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eImpossible Things\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRemake\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eUncharted Territory\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMiracle and Other Christmas Stories\u003c\/b\u003e. Ms. Willis lives in Greeley, Colorado, with her family and is hard at work on her next novel, \u003cb\u003ePassage\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Worlds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599584203026,"sku":"9780593724330","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89ec8c0f-0690-454a-9dc8-7c9eb6ee4d02.jpg?v=1732202508","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/doomsday-book-a-novel-of-the-oxford-time-travel-series-9780593724330","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}