The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

A Novel

Paperback, 754 pages

English language

Published Aug. 1, 2017 by The Borough Press.

ISBN:
978-0-00-813257-6
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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, linguistic 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 an 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 …

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Subjects

  • Fiction, fantasy, contemporary