December 1348. With the country in the grip of the Black Death, brothers John and William fear that they will shortly die and go to Hell. But as the end draws near, they are given an unexpected choice: either to go home and spend their last six days in their familiar world, or to search for salvation across the forthcoming centuries - living each one of their remaining days ninety-nine years after the last.
John and William choose the future and find themselves in 1447, ignorant of almost everything going on around them. The year 1546 brings no more comfort, and 1645 challenges them still further. It is not just that technology is changing things they have taken for granted all their lives prove to be short-lived.
As they find themselves in stranger and stranger times, the reader travels with them, seeing the world through their eyes as it shifts through disease, progress, enlightenment and war. But their time is running out - can they do something to redeem themselves before the six days are up?
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The first thing you need to understand is what it means to sell your soul. CHAPTER ONE (TUESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 1348)
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(@simonschusterUK, 15 June 2017, ebook, 391 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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I bought this on impulse when it was on sale for 99p and I barely even glanced at the blurb. I had no idea what to expect with this book. I've read a lot of books involving time travel. They're among my favourite plots / genres to read. The Outcasts of Time offers something different in that John and William don't travel to or from the future but between years far in the past starting in 1348. I thought this offered something a bit different and quite original. I've read Faustus and could see the way this influenced the storyline. I thought this was great book.
