I REFUSE to believe that an astrophysisist and a microbiologist would be shocked at the idea that the world was 3,000+ years old. That is so inaccurate it's just horrendous. Not only that, but the treatment of the Indigenous girl seemed very suspicious and fetishizing. The Time "Quintet" will forever be a Quartet to me - this book ruined a lot of what was loveable about the first 4 books.