他的暢銷前作Seveneves是比爾蓋茲當年最愛的科幻小說
硬科幻老手Neal Stephenson與歷史小說家Nicole Galland聯手打造
迷人的科幻驚悚小說新系列,正式登場!
一名來自神祕組織D.O.D.O. (Department of Diachronic Operations)的迷人男子Tristan Lyons,對大學的初級語言研究員Melisande Stokes提出了難以抗拒的合作案:只要Mel協助翻譯一些古老文件,他們願意支付鉅額的償金,那是她平常薪水的數倍。但Mel不知道的是,這些古老的文件將撼動整個世界及人類的歷史──它們證明了魔法是真實存在的!
魔法不但存在,並且曾持續存在了數個世紀,但科學的發展削弱了它的力量,更使它在1851年完全停止運作──那一年的萬國博覽會,全世界正為工業革命的成就而歡慶。
D.O.D.O.的祕密任務,正是要研發一套設備,將特務送回過去的歷史,阻止魔法的消亡。
但是當過去被改變,又有什麼即將在未來發生?
一場穿越歷史,結合語言學、科學、巫術的刺激冒險,即將展開。如果你喜歡蒸氣龐克、時空旅行和傑森包恩式的詭計,這部作品能夠一次滿足你所有的願望!
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.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future science fiction thriller that calls into question the very foundations of the modern world.
A young man from a shadowy government agency; an upstart academic at an Ivy League university – together they begin to uncover a secret that will change the world’s view of the past, and determine the future of humanity.