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How would we appear to achaeologists thousands of years in the future?
A long, long way into the future, a team of archaeologists are discovering some amazing finds they believe date from around the late 20th century. What are these strange metal cans with the letters P e p s i inscribed on the sides? And who were the Road Makers? A strange sect who found mythical significance in tarmac?
The best discovery of all is the book – an extremely rare piece of luck, and priceless too. A covetable item for all who see it. For it holds invaluable insights into the whims and traditions of their great-great ancestors. Through it, perhaps they can understand the workings of the twentieth century mind. The author and title of this revelatory tome? Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur...
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In the far, far future, the 20th century is ancient history.
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Their archaeologists call us the Roadmakers, and believe us to be a civilization who found mythical significance in tarmac...They argue and conjecture over artefacts like the strange metal cans with the letters 'Pepsi' inscribed on both sides...And when they uncover an ancient book – a copy of Mark Twain’s 'A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur' – they wonder at the values and traditions of our society.
Chaka is obsessed by the lost race of Roadmakers: her brother vanished on an expedition to research them. He went looking for Haven, the sanctuary to which the Roadmakers fled when plague savaged their world. But Haven is a myth, so the scholars say, a tale created by poets. Chaka has other ideas and she sets out with a motley crew of amateur explorers to prove them wrong...
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- PublisherVoyager
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0006483089
- ISBN 13 9780006483083
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 338 pages. Cover wornThe Roadmakers left only ruins behind -- but what magnificent ruins Their concrete highways still cross t he continent. Their cups, combs and jewelry are found in every Il lyrian home. They left behind a legend, too -- a hidden sanctuary called Haven, where even now the secrets of their civilization m ight still be found. Chaka's brother was one of those who sought to find Haven and never returned. But now Chaka has inherited a r are Roadmaker artifact -- a book called A Connecticut Yankee in K ing Arthur's Court -- which has inspired her to follow in his foo tsteps. Gathering an unlikely band of companions around her, Chak a embarks upon a journey where she will encounter bloodthirsty ri rver pirates, electronic ghosts who mourn their lost civilization and machines that skim over the ground and air. Ultimately, the group will learn the truth about their own mysterious past. Seller Inventory # 2328ag
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. In the far, far future, the 20th century is ancient history. Their archaeologists call us the Roadmakers, and believe us to be a civilization who found mythical significance in tarmac. They argue and conjecture over artefacts like the strange metal cans with the letters Pepsi inscribed on both sides. And when they uncover an ancient book - a copy of Mark Twains A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur-they wonder at the values and traditions of our society. Chaka is obsessed by the lost race of Roadmakers: her brother vanished on an expedition to research them. He went looking for Haven, the sanctuary to which the Roadmakers fled when plague savaged their world. But Haven is a myth, so the scholars say, a tale created by poets. Chaka has other ideas and she sets out with a motley crew of amateur explorers to prove them wrong. 400 pages. Seller Inventory # 1437956
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