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Cover of City of Ruins

City of Ruins

Mark London Williams (2007)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesDanger Boy #4
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.61
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Plague/EpidemicTime Travel

Positive tags

AdventureFriendshipQuestFound Family

Protagonist archetypes

Time TravelerComing-of-Age ProtagonistFellowship

Tropes

Time TravelQuestFellowshipFish out of WaterComing of AgeNon-Western Setting

Themes

FriendshipHistory and ConsequencesTime and CausalityAncient CivilizationsResponsibilityAdventure

Synopsis

Having traced a dimensional rift to Jerusalem in 583 B.C.E., DARPA sends thirteen-year-old Eli and his friends into the past to try to prevent the unraveling of history and the spread of the deadly slow pox.

Tags

Time TravelScience FictionHistorical FantasyAdventure