"This is book one of the Adventures of Conrad Stargard. It is about an engineer who is on holiday in Poland when he takes refuge in an Inn and wakes to find himself in the 12th century Poland. He doesn't know what to do, or how he got there, or how to get back. He does know from his history that the Mongols are coming. He decides that he must find a way to bring the technology level up, so that the Poland of the 12th century can beat the Mongols. This book is how gets set up to start doing that through luck and being in the right place at the right time."
Ed Phillips, Resident Leo Frankowski Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Book Descript. of chases or violence - 70% planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10% Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%
Tone of book
- very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- alternate history
Time Travel:
- largely backwards/past
Tech./$$$/Info hunt
Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying
- weapon
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story?
Yes
Inventing-of-item story?
Yes
Story largely takes place in
- Middle Ages-1899
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- engineer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
Terrain
- Forests
Earth setting:
- general past
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
How much dialogue?
- significantly more descript than dialog
