EAN: 9780062844873

MASTER OF THE REVELS - NICOLE GALLAND GEBUNDEN

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.

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