Against the Tide of YearsBy: S. M. Stirling Series: Island STIRLING HAS SURPASSED HIS PREVIOUS WORK, raved Science Fiction Chronicle of his bestselling novel Island in the Sea of Time, and George R. R. Martin hailed it as an utterly engaging account of what happens when the isle of Nantucket is whisked back into the Bronze Age. Now, the adventure continues In the years since the Event, the Republic of Nantucket has done its best to recreate the better ideas of the modern age.