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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland

Episode Summary

A shadowy government agency recruits linguist Melisande Stokes to help discover the reason magic left the world. Partnered with a military intelligence officer, she must travel back in time and alter events so that the Department of Diachronic Operations can preserve and protect magic.

Episode Notes

Enjoy our presentation of The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. written by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland and published by HarperCollins.  A shadowy government agency recruits linguist Melisande Stokes to help discover the reason magic left the world. Partnered with a military intelligence officer, she must travel back in time and alter events so that the Department of Diachronic Operations can preserve and protect magic.

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. was named one of School Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens in 2017.

Please be advised, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. contains depictions or discussions of death, graphic violence and sexism.

This title is available as an ebook on Libby and an ebook and audiobook on Hoopla. 

Libby ebook: http://bit.ly/RiseandFallofDODO

Hoopla ebook:  https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12457720

Hoopla audiobook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11876849

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Music:  Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/