14528 2afe1e53-a71a-4d27-9783-7587892e5620 Doomsday Book Connie Willis calibre (0.8.13) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1992-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Five years in the writing by one of science fiction's most honored authors, Doomsday Book 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. </p><h4>Annotation</h4><p>For nearly a decade, Willis has dazzled readers with her short fiction. Her first novel, Lincoln's Dreams, received unanimous high praise and won the John W. Campbell Award. Now she pens a sensational work about human struggle and redemption set in the time of the Black Plague. </p> Random House Digital, Inc. The-Doomsday-Book/Connie-Willis/e/9780307784445 ddMNAAtqNz8C 9780553562736 en Science-Fiction