The Dark Age, the Golden Age

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The book is about a group of people in the future who have lost their ability to travel in space. They decide to intentionally reconstruct history so that they'll eventually get to the space age by faithfully going through the other erras first. But it doesn't work because there's a pocket to mention where people pop out and invade them. Anthe, the student osot the high school, has to solve the thing. It meats a great example of a premise that i could imagine ten different really awesome novels or sermess being made the same way.

David Perry is a freelance journalist covering politics, history, education, and disability rights. He was a professor of Medieval History at Dominican University from 2006-2017, and now works as an academic advisor in the history department of the University of Minnesota. His scholarly work focuses on Venice, the Crusades, and the Mediterranean World. Numerous topics covered include: Reasons to study history; how historical figures and institutions claimed legitimacy; calling an Age "Dark" or "Golden" in order to get legitimacy; patronage of the arts to prop up legitimacy; fake innovation and fake continuity; bastardy; parrots and coconuts in medieval Europe; and more! David Perry website David Perry Patreon "The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe" by Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry