Product Description

The nightmare begins when a disparate group of tourists visits an ancient Roman amphitheatre ringed by prehistoric standing stones. The entire group moves backwards in time precisely two hours - and it doesn't stop there. Every few hours or days, they find themselves inexplicably returned to the amphitheatre, having to adjust to yet another backwards shift through time. Each time, one of their nimber is found butchered on the altar stone. Why is this happening? And where will it all end?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #839003 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 502 pages

Review
'Not since I discovered Clive Barker, have I enjoyed horror so much' -- Nightfall 'This is horror fiction as it should be written ... Absolutely bare-bollocked terrifying' -- SFX magazine on KING BLOOD 'A master of eerie thrills' -- Richard Laymon 'One of the best contemporary British horror writers ... Watch this man climb to Horror Heaven!' -- Deathrealm

SFX magazine on KING BLOOD
'This is horror fiction as it should be written . . . Absolutely bare-bollocked terrifying'

Deathrealm
'One of the best contemporary British horror writers . . . Watch this man climb to Horror Heaven!'

Customer Reviews

Fabulous, best book I have read in years!
This book explores the theme of time travel, a group of people who are largely strangers are taken back in time for reasons they gradually begin to theorize about. They find themselves eventually on a mission to save the world. This is a wonderful exciting and riveting read, and I have come back to Amazon to get some more by the same author, thats how good it was! The characters are believable and human and I cared about what happened to them. There are several parts of the plot which are left unexplained at the end which hopefully means that a sequel is being planned. I found it impossible to put this book down until I had finished it.

Good overall but disappointing in places.
This book starts promisingly enough, but devolves into the "massed battle/carnage/personel heroics" scenario seemingly so beloved of formulaic fantasy writers. Several issues are left unresolved at the end; the use of a certain item mentioned and described a number of times, a recurring dream sequence is not explained, and the validity of the heroes theories on their predicament is neither confirmed or invalidated. Having said all that, I did enjoy the book; the action set pieces are well written, the characterisations are good, and you find yourself caring about what happens to them. It was all slightly Wellsian, Morlocks and Eloi sprang to mind, but not enough to make draw obvious parallels.... A sequel which covers the points raised earlier would be a good idea.