Caesar's Bicycle: Caesar's Bicycle

by John Barnes

Mark Strang is asked to travel far back in time to the period of Caesar and the great Roman Triumvirate, in order to investigate the disappearance of a fellow time agent. What he discovers is that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061056618
• ISBN13: 9780061056611
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

still a good read

The conclusion to the somewhat harrowing Timeline trilogy by Barnes, this is perhaps the weakest volume. The ubersadistic Closers go out perhaps a bit too easily, and this book should be definately read only after the first 2, but it is a satisfactory conclusion. The protagonist's leftist political outlook is perhaps more strongly underlined in this volume too, but does not substantially figure in the story. Recommended, especially for fans of the subgenre, and for others who enjoy laconic heroes in an ultraviolent setting.

Mark Strang is my boy!!

althrough this book had its made points let me say something in its defense first as always it was wonderful and provided an interesting story. I didn't like the fact that 10 years has passed between this book and the last book. I also thought that the evil "Closers" were deafeated too easily.

Very enjoyable, nicely written

I was given this book, so I have started the series here. I thought that is was a really good mix between going fast enough to keep you interested, and going slow enough to explain what was happening. I really like alternate history, but I get sick of reading about WWII all the time, and so this book was a nice break.The book is written in such a way that if you didn't read the previous two, you can still understand what is happening and not feel lost. That is probably the reason for the other reviewer feeling that it repeats too much. But for someone who didn't read those, it is really helpful.The only thing that I didn't like about this book was that it felt as if it ended too quickly. Almost as if the author decided that he was done writing, and slapped an ending onto it. I hope that this series is not finished, because I would really like reading more of these books.

Overall pretty good. Seems like the end though

I thought this book was passably good, if a bit short. I love the characters and the overall universe he created in this series. Read them in order and enjoy yourself. BTW, I'm not sure if this is the end or not it seems like it though, but it is open for a sequel. Overall this series was a lot of fun and I would recommend it to anyone.

Entertaining...

This book did a decent job of wrapping up the series, and was probably the most entertaining of the three. The ending explained why the book(s) were written the way they were. Though I still don't like having info from previous books explained in detail over-and-over again, the ending helped clear that up. The whole series was different than any other I have read, and I think this is because it had a lot more of an action feel to it. I would say it was not the best I've ever read, but it kept me interested and was fairly entertaining.