Gods of Dawn
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- 9,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
Jason Thanou has fought for the continued existence of humanity across the centuries. As a special operations officer of the Temporal Regulatory Authority, he’s traveled though time to thwart the Transhumanists—genetically and mechanically enhanced beings that seek to destroy humanity—and their alien allies, the Teloi.
But for all his work, the Transhumanist Underground has never been defeated. In possession of the same time travel technology as the Temporal Regulatory Authority, the Transhumanists have been busy planting “time bombs” throughout recorded history. Time bombs that are set to go off on The Day, when the secret history the Transhumanists have planted will be revealed, resulting in the overthrow of humanity.
Now, Jason Thanou, along with fellow TRA agents Alexandre Mondrago and Father Julian Casinde, must travel through Earth’s bloody history to ensure the survival of the human race. They’ll find themselves in Italy, two days before the death of Pope John Paul I. Father Casinde has reason to believe that something much more sinister than a simple heart attack is behind the death of the Holy Father.
Racing against—and through—time, Jason and his fellow officers must defeat the Transhumanists and their Teloi allies. Meanwhile, back in Jason’s home time of the 24th century, The Day grows ever closer!
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
For the sixth entry (after Soldiers Out of Time) in this adventure series about a cold war fought across time and space, Jason Thanou of the Temporal Regulatory Authority is sent back to the Vatican in 1978 to investigate evidence of Transhumanist interference in the death of Pope John Paul I. While there, Jason and his team stumble across a potentially devastating secret that requires them to travel back further than ever before, to 4004 BCE Mesopotamia, where aliens are posing as ancient gods at the dawn of civilization. Now Jason's team must foil their enemies' schemes without disrupting history or betraying their true origins, since revealing the existence of time travel this early would be disastrous. As with the previous installments, White focuses on historical authenticity and clever temporal mechanics, furthering the ongoing metaplots about the Transhumanist conspiracy and feuding alien races influencing human development; characterization is light, mostly revolving around Jason's drive to fulfill his mission without violating his orders or the ever-important Observer Effect. It's a strong story, though there's an episodic feel as the protagonists move incrementally toward a distant final showdown with their enemies.
