Eifelheim
Michael Flynn
3.75 · 16 ratings · Published: 27 Jan 2006
Father Dietrich is the village priest of Oberhochwald, the village that will soon gain the name of Teufelheim, in later years corrupted to Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength across Europe but is still not nearby. Dietrich is an educated man, knows science and philosophy, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact between humanity and an alien race from a distant star when their interstellar ship crashes in the nearby forest. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague.
Tom and Sharon, and Father Dietrich, have a strange and intertwined destiny of tragedy and triumph in this brilliant SF novel by the winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award.
- sc-fi 4
- historical 3
- historical fiction 3
- aliens 3
- medieval 3
- alternate history 3
- first-contact 3
- religion 2
- mystery 2
- time travel 2
- christianity 2
- space 2
- epidemy/disease 2
- hard sci-fi 2
- horror 1
- supernatural 1
- invasion 1
- spirituality 1
- action / adventure 1
- disaster/catastrophe 1
- military, war & conflict 1
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- audiobook 3
- book 1
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