Scientists discover a man and woman in suspended animation buried in Arctic ice. They awaken the woman, Elea, who tells the story of herself, her husband Paikan, and their world 900,000 years in the past. Originally published in French as 'La Nuit des temps' (Night of time).
Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers ...