DODO is the acronym for Department of Diachronic Operations, a shadowy organization using the rediscovered power of magic to send agents back in time to alter history. The narrative is told through the first-person accounts of several different characters.
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Neal Stephenson is the author of Reamde, Anathem, and the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World), as well as Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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