A Tale of Time City

Vivien Smith was only going to cousin Marty's to escape the Blitz. She reached the country station and . . . suddenly there she was in Time City and her fantasy adventure begins. With Jonathan and Sam, she becomes responsible for returning Faber John's four polarities to the Gnomon; imperative before the city goes into a critical, unstable history, and 'if Time City broke down entirely, it could damage the rest of history entirely. As we might expect from Diana Wynne Jones, this is a long, complex book, requiring reading and intellectual stamina. I'd stock it, if only for fantasy gamers or those rarities who wish to explore the paradoxes of time!