Ides of March (Time Patrol) - Softcover

Mayer, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1621252728 ISBN 13: 9781621252726

Publisher: Cool Gus Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

What does it take to change history and destroy our reality? The same date; six different years.

44 BC. Caesar heads to the Senate for his date with death.

1493 AD: Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after ‘discovering’ the New World. But more than acclaim awaits him.

1917 AD: The Last Czar, Nicholas II, abdicates. He, and his family, are supposed to be taken prisoner; but some have other plans.

493 AD: The First King of Italy, Odoacer, is executed by Theodoric, an event considered the end of the Western Roman Empire. But if the sword goes the other way?

480 AD: A massive Persian Army is invading Greece. Standing in its way: King Leonidas and 300 Spartans. And whispering in Leonidas’ ear is a priestess from the Oracle of Delphi. But what is she telling him?

The Time Patrol must send an agent back to each day, with just each having 24 hours to defeat the Shadow’s plan to disrupt our time-line, creating a time tsunami and wiping our present out.

About this title

From the Author:

Writing this series has been utterly fascinating. For each mission I have to delve much deeper into history. I have to play "What if" with major events in history. What if something different happened on that particular date in that particular year? How much would it change our timeline? Of course, the threat is that too much change, and we cease to exist. How does the Time Patrol stop the change? But even before that, how, in 24 hours, does the Agent figure out what the Shadow is up to? What it plans to change? Because often what appears to be the most obvious thing to change that day, turns out not to be the target at all.

The other interesting aspect is arcing the character of the Time Patrol across these books, especially as they are affected by their missions. With six missions, and my six Agents, all of whom came out of the same Nightstalker team, it's but fun to follow them as they grow and develop: yes, characters, once created, take over the story. I hope you enjoy the series as much as I've enjoyed writing it!

From the Inside Flap:

The Time Patrol series features the same date, six years in the past,with six missions to each to preserve our timeline. Books alreadywritten:
Time Patrol, which shows how the Nightstalkers transition and are recruited to become the Time Patrol.
Black Tuesday: 29 October.
Ides of March.
D-Day: 6 June
Independence Day: 6 July (coming later this year)
Nine-Eleven: 11 September (coming later this year)
All Hallows Eve: 30 October (coming later this year)
Day of Infamy: 7 December (coming later this year)
Valentines Day: 14 February (coming in 2017)

About this edition

• Publisher: Cool Gus Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1621252728
• ISBN 13: 9781621252726
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 203