Timeline by Michael Crichton is a high-stakes thriller that blends cutting-edge quantum physics with meticulous historical research. Published in 1999, it follows a team of graduate students who travel to 14th-century France to rescue their stranded professor.
: A secretive corporation, International Technology Corp (ITC), has developed a way to travel between parallel universes using quantum mechanics. They recruit the students for a "rescue mission" that must be completed within a strict 37-hour window. Timeline: A Novel
: After Professor Edward Johnston goes missing at an archaeological site in France, his students discover a 600-year-old parchment with a plea for help written in his own hand. Timeline by Michael Crichton is a high-stakes thriller