Saturday, November 04, 2006

New Arrival: Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn

Just in is Michael Flynn's newest book, Eifelheim. The story takes place in 2 time periods. One line of the story is set in 1348, as an educated village priest becomes humanity's first contact with and alien race. The other line takes place in the present day, as a physicist and historian explore the mystery of why that village had never been re-settled after the being ravaged by the Black Plague. This novel has received very positive reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, and other. Eifelheim is an expanded version of a Hugo nominated novella.

If you enjoy this book, be sure to check out other works by Michael Flynn, such as The Wreck of the River of Stars and In the Country of the Blind.