{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-d-o-d-o","title":"The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB\u0026amp;N Editor's Pick - Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2017 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Melisande Stokes, an expert in linguistics and languages, accidently meets military intelligence operator Tristan Lyons in a hallway at Harvard University, it is the beginning of a chain of events that will alter their lives and human history itself. The young man from a shadowy government entity approaches Mel, a low-level faculty member, with an incredible offer. The only condition: she must swear herself to secrecy in return for the rather large sum of money. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTristan needs Mel to translate some very old documents, which, if authentic, are earth-shattering. They prove that magic actually existed and was practiced for centuries. But the arrival of the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment weakened its power and endangered its practitioners. Magic stopped working altogether in 1851, at the time of the Great Exhibition at London's Crystal Palace--the world's fair celebrating the rise of industrial technology and commerce. Something about the modern world \"jams\" the \"frequencies\" used by magic, and it's up to Tristan to find out why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so the Department of Diachronic Operations--D.O.D.O.--gets cracking on its real mission: to develop a device that can bring magic back, and send Diachronic Operatives back in time to keep it alive . . . and meddle with a little history at the same time. But while Tristan and his expanding operation master the science and build the technology, they overlook the mercurial--and treacherous--nature of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with the genius, complexity, and innovation that characterize all of Neal Stephenson's work and steeped with the down-to-earth warmth and humor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephenson, Neal:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNeal Stephenson is the bestselling author of the novels \u003cem\u003eReamde\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnathem\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe System of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Confusion\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuicksilver\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCryptonomicon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Diamond Age\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSnow Crash\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eZodiac\u003c\/em\u003e, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work \u003cem\u003eIn the Beginning . . . Was the Command Line\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalland, Nicole:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicole Galland \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of the historical novels \u003cem\u003eGodiva\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eI, Iago\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCrossed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRevenge of the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Fool's\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTale\u003c\/em\u003e; as well as the contemporary romantic comedies \u003cem\u003eOn the Same Page \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eStepdog\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling near-future thriller \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O\u003c\/em\u003e. (with Neal Stephenson).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615414227218,"sku":"9780062409157","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f8546ebe-3d94-4c5c-9adf-2924590fffe7.jpg?v=1732485354","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-d-o-d-o","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}