Timeline

Super enjoyable book written for history lovers. It's basically a nonstop action adventure (read: many tenuous plot devices) with a generous helping of historical facts and trivia at every opportunity. Would make an excellent movie or video game.

4 stars because of some flaws but they don't get in the way at all. Check it out

Edit: actually, there is a movie, and it performed abysmally. Also, people hate the characters? I mean, they weren't super great but also this is not meant to be high fiction. The slightly cardboard main characters were more than made up for by history and fun action—which is basically what I expected when I started the book