Description
| Product ID: | 9780008132590 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. |
| Title: | The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. |
| Authors: | Author: Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland |
| Page Count: | 768 |
| Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Science fiction, Science fiction, London, Greater London, BCE to c 500 CE, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating You think you know how the world works? Think again. You think you know how the world works? Think again.21st Century AmericaMagic has faded from the minds of mankind, until an encounter between Melisande Stokes, linguistics expert at Harvard, and Tristan Lyons, shadowy agent of government, leads to the uncovering of a distant past.After translating a series of ancient texts, Melisande and Tristan discover the connection between science, magic and time travel and so the Department of Diachronic Operations – D.O.D.O. – is hastily brought into existence. Its mission: to develop a device that will send their agents back to the past, where they can stop magic from disappearing and alter the course of history.But when you interfere with the past, there’s no telling what you might find in your future…Written with genius and complexity, this vividly realised novel will make you believe the impossible, and question the very foundations of the modern world. |
| Imprint Name: | The Borough Press |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-05-31 |
