Eifelheim

Michael Flynn

Macmillan, Nov 13, 2007 - Fiction - 320 pages

The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein Award

Over the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived. What's so special about Eifelheim?


Father Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength but is still not nearby. Dietrich is an educated man, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact person between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague. Flynn gives us the full richness and strangeness of medieval life, as well as some terrific aliens.

Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich have a strange destiny of tragedy and triumph in Eifelheim, the brilliant science fiction novel by Michael Flynn.

Contents

• List of Characters: 11
• Anton: 19
• Sharon: 29
• At Primes The Commemoration of Sixtus II: 37
• The Kermis: 139
• Before Matins The Epiphany of the Lord: 146
• Rock Monday: 155
• Until Rogation Sunday: 205
• At Nones The Commemoration of Bernard of Menthon: 221
• Until Nones The Seven Holy Brothers: 243
• The Feast of St Margaret of Antioch: 258
• At Primes The Commemoration of St Hilarinus: 270
• Sharon: 280
• Anton: 306
• Historical Notes: 315

About the author

Michael Flynn lives in Easton, Pennsylvania. He is the winner of the Robert A. Heinlein award, and a Hugo Nominee for Eifelheim. He is the author of the Firestar series of novels, and is an Analog magazine alumnus whose fiction now appears regularly in all the major SF magazines.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Eifelheim
• Author: Michael Flynn
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2007
• ISBN: 0765319101, 9780765319104
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Alternative History; Fiction / Science Fiction / Alien Contact; Fiction / Science Fiction / General