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| Waiting on Wednesday: May 24 |
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O
by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland
You think you know how the world works? Think again.
From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commercial novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller that questions the very foundations of the modern world.
1851 England
The Great Exhibition at London’s Crystal Palace has opened, celebrating the rise of technology and commerce. With it the power of magic – in decline since the industrial revolution began – is completely snuffed out. The existence of magic begins its gradual devolution into mere myth.
21st Century America
Magic 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 the genius, complexity, and innovation that characterize all of Neal Stephenson’s work and steeped with the down-to-earth warmth and humour of Nicole Galland’s storytelling style, this exciting and vividly realized work of science fiction will make you believe in the impossible, and take you to places – and times – beyond imagining.
To be published by The Borough Press on 15th June 2017
I ‘M SO EXCITED!!!! Neal Stephenson + magic = awesomeness.
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Me too! I can’t wait 😀
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Oh I hadn’t heard of this one before but it does sound interesting for sure. I’m not familiar with the author but i like the concept for sure! Great pick~!
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I can’t wait to read this 😀 Here’s hoping it lives up to expectations!!
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This sounds like such an amazing book, and I absolutely love the cover! I hope you get to read it soon.
My WoW post.
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The cover is a beauty, isn’t it? Thanks 😀 I’m looking forward to it!
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I like this cover much better than the other one I’ve seen. Nice choice and hope you love it!
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Thanks! 😀
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I really love the sound of this one:)
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Yeah I can’t wait to read it – the concept sounds awesome! 😀
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This one should be interesting! Looks like another huge tome though…
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Haha probably! I finding it slow enough getting through moderate tomes at the moment so no doubt it will sit on my tbr for a good long while!
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Ooh intrigued! Great pick! I am going to check it out 🙂
Here’s my WoW/CWW.
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I can’t wait to read it! 😀
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This sounds great – I like the concept and look forward to seeing what everyone makes of this one.
Lynn 😀
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