Timeline by Michael Crichton (2000)

In an arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense,. within twenty four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. and with history opened to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival- six hundred years ago " end of back of book propaganda this is not collectable grade book. primarily a reading copy cover shown below is not correct, this cover is the black cover, a small drawing of a knight on his steed. horses front is reared. not the movie tie in cover.