In High Places (Crosstime Traffic)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (732 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765346273 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Jan.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. When bandits in this medieval world capture 18-year-old Annette Klein (aka Khadija the oil merchant's daughter), she's separated from her parents, with no way to return to the home time line from which she and her family originate. All rights reserved. . In one alternative time line, the Black Death continued far longer than it did in the "home" time line with the result that Muslims occupy much of Europe, which is made up of small, insular principalities and kingdoms. Worse, the bandits are slavers who send people into another alternate time line where they're forced to work in miserable conditions. From Publishers Weekly Alternative history maestro Turtledove deals a tad heavy-handedly with the issue of slavery in his third Crosstime Traffic novel (a
"Fun, but predictable" according to Brian K. Wanerman. WARNING: SPOILER ALERTWhile "In High Places" was a fun read, the story does suffer from some logical inconsistencies. For starters, "Kadija" and her family are said to have been tasked by Crosstime Traffic with acquiring olive oil, which is said to be unavailable in their home timeline. But, the story claims olive oil in the alternate timeline is available in the south near Marseilles, where Kadija and her family are said to have first arrived. So, why are they SELLING olive . A Power Trip Arthur W Jordin In High Places (2006) is the third novel in the Crosstime Traffic series, following Curious Notions. Annette Klein has spent the past year as Khadija, a muslim girl, in an alternate timeline. She is presently living with her parents in Paris within the Kingdom of Versailles, but will soon be returning to Marseilles and then to her home timeline. She is very happy to be returning to civilization.In this novel, Jacques is a guardsman in the service of Duke Raoul. Jacques has me. Fascinating Alternative This is the third installment of Harry Turtledove's Crosstime Traffic series. These stories are based on a concept developed by the late and highly lamented science fiction writer H. Beam Piper: that numerous alternate worlds exist alongside our own, each different due to various "breakpoints" which occurred at various points in their histories. Thus Turtledove's first volume concerned a world in which the Roman Empire survived into the twenty-first century, his second was se
She's in a tight spot. In the 21st-century Kingdom of Versailles, the roads are terrible and Paris is a dirty little town. Annette/Khadija is separated from her parents and knocked out, and wakes up to find herself a captive in a caravan of slaves being taken to the markets in the south. Serfdom and slavery are both common, and no one thinks that's wrong. Then the really scary thing happens: her purchasers take her, along with other newly purchased slaves, to an unofficial crosstime portal…leaving open the question of whether Crosstime Traffic will ever be able to recover her! Harry Turtledove's In High Places is the third book in this parallel adventure series.. That's because Khadija is really Annette Klein from 21st-century California, and her whole family are secret agents of Crosstime Traffic, trading for commodities to send back to our own timeline. Why should they? Most people spend their lives doing backbr