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Title: Try Simon Hawke's "Ivanhoe Gambit" instead.
Review: The worst Crichton book of the 5 I've read.The pseudo-science premise was a weak catch-all for the problems with time-travel and left much unexplained (i.e. how does going into a parallel universe change the past in the present universe?).Characters were uncompelling and some provided almost nothing to the story (e.g. the professor was no more than an excuse to go back in time). Way too many pages wasted on the MacGyver-like way they repaired the time machine.Plot was almost non-existant. Characters were chased and hacked at. They were captured and escaped and eventually found the secret passage, the only source of suspense (and a weak one at that).The notion of time travel to medival times has so much potential. Crichton squandors it. Simon Hawke's novel "Ivanhoe Gambit" is a great example of how fun the premise can be.
