Eifelheim by michael flynn5/13/2023 Dietrich, it appears, acted as humanity's first ambassador, and was the primary liaison between Eifelheim and the aliens who happened to wreck their starship in the woods outside the village. They also learn of the town's priest, Father Dietrich, an educated man who served the town in 1348, as the Black Death arrived in Northern Europe. The village was originally called Oberhochwald, and then afterwards renamed Teufelheim ( Devil home in German), which was eventually distorted to Eifelheim. They gradually uncover evidence of an alien crash-landing in the area. But why was the area never resettled, unlike most other depopulated areas? The mystery intrigues cliometric historian Tom Schwoerin, who sets out to solve the puzzle with the help of his partner, theoretical physicist Sharon Nagy. The disappearance is no mystery - the Black Death devastated Europe. In 1349, Eifelheim, a small town in the Black Forest of Germany, vanished: it ceased to appear on any maps or in any documents, having apparently been abandoned and never resettled by its community. The full novel was similarly nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2007. The story first appeared as a novella in 1986, which was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1987. Eifelheim is a science fiction novel by American author Michael Flynn, published in 2006.
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