For Kivrin preparing an onsite study of one of the deadliest eras inhumanitys history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseasesof the fourtee... » 

For Kivrin preparing an onsite study of one of the deadliest eras inhumanitys history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseasesof the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone.For her instructors in the twentyfirst century it meant painstakingcalculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrinwould be received. But a crisis strangely linking past and future strandsKivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a timeof superstition and fear Kivrin barely of age herself finds she hasbecome an unlikely angel of hope during one of historys darkest hours.Five years in the writing by one of science fictions most honored authorsDoomsday Book is a storytelling triumph. Connie Willis draws upon herunderstanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the agelessissues of evil suffering and the indomitable will of the human spirit. «