In this brilliant sequel to The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.--an
enthralling, history-bending adventure traversing time and space, fact
and fiction, magic and science co-written with #1 New York Times
bestselling author Neal Stephenson--a daring young time traveler must
return to Jacobean England to save the modern world.
This fast-paced sequel to the New York Times bestselling near-future
adventure The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. picks up where the original
left off, as Tristan Lyons, Mel Stokes, and their fellow outcasts from
the Department of Diachronic Operations (D.O.D.O.) fight to stop the
powerful Irish witch Gráinne from using time travel to reverse the
evolution of all modern technology.
Chief amongst Gráinne's plots: to encrypt cataclysmic spells into
Shakespeare's "cursed" play, Macbeth. When her fellow rogue agents fall
victim to Gráinne's schemes, Melisande Stokes is forced to send
Tristan's untested, wayward sister Robin back in time to 1606 London,
where Edmund Tilney, the king's Master of Revels, controls all staged
performances in London.
And now Gráinne controls Tilney.
While Robin poses as an apprentice in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Mel
travels to the ancient Roman Empire and, with the help of double-agent
Chira in Renaissance Florence, untangles the knotted threads of history
while the diabolical Gráinne jumps from timeline to timeline, always
staying frustratingly one stop ahead--or is it behind?
Historical objects disappear, cities literally rise and fall, and
nothing less than the fate of humanity is at stake. As Gráinne sows
chaos across time and space, the ragtag team of ex-D.O.D.O. agents must
fix the past--in order to save the future.
Critically acclaimed author Nicole Galland brings her deep knowledge of
history and signature wit to this gripping romantic adventure.
