This is the follow on book to Island in the Sea of Time. Its a bit confusing sometime to figure out which book follows which, since there are several related novels, but this is the direct sequel. The Islanders of Nantucket and their allies have survived for 8 years now in the past, steadily regaining lost technology and improving their living conditions. However, William Walker has relocated to Greece along with his various evil followers, and they still have to deal with him.
I'm not sure what it is exactly about these books that makes them good. The characters are good, and the plot feels plausible. He writes about military strategy in a convincing way, though there are a number of tactical situations that aren't quite right. Despite all that, he manages to make it feel right, which makes it a good book to read. ( )

I liked the book and could not put it down, but I do have some minor problems with the book's format.

1. Do we really have to be introduced to characters who are starting a journey across America??? This has little if any part in this story.
2. Why does the author call a character by their first and last name separately? It is hard enough to keep all of these character names in your head as it is, but to see a page where the character is called by his last name and then a few sentences later by their first name is very very confusing...you think this is a different character.

The characters are fairly well developed though and you get to like them...even the bad guys. Stirling does do a reasonable job juggling all the scenarios and you do feel a part of the action ( )

This book took some time to get through. It follows along several years after the events in Island in the Sea of Time. The book could have used a better copy editor. There were a lot of mistakes that threw the reader out of the story. Overall, it was OK. There were characters added in this installment that didn't seem to have any purpose to the story. I hope they are important in the final book in the trilogy. ( )

I have read Island in the Sea of Time, but have not read the next two books in the Nantucket trilogy yet.