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YES! YES! YES!
One of the best Turtledove books I've ever read - and Lord knows I've read a ton of them.
David Ware did one thing the Federacy Survey Service prohibited - he interfered. Just a little.
1,500 years later when the Survey Service returned, it discovered just what Ware's meddling had done.
And that's when the Chairman ordered the cover up. Reports destroyed, filed erased, 18 days (not 18 1/2 minutes) were 'lost' and then people began to be eliminated.
Written back in 1985, Turtledove took a bit of Star Trek (Prime Directive: no interference with the social development of a planet), a bit of Watergate (one nasty cover-up) and mixed in an immortal priestess.
And I believe he pulls it off in grand style.
It was a quick read; a fun read. I highly recommend it.
One of the best Turtledove books I've ever read - and Lord knows I've read a ton of them.
David Ware did one thing the Federacy Survey Service prohibited - he interfered. Just a little.
1,500 years later when the Survey Service returned, it discovered just what Ware's meddling had done.
And that's when the Chairman ordered the cover up. Reports destroyed, filed erased, 18 days (not 18 1/2 minutes) were 'lost' and then people began to be eliminated.
Written back in 1985, Turtledove took a bit of Star Trek (Prime Directive: no interference with the social development of a planet), a bit of Watergate (one nasty cover-up) and mixed in an immortal priestess.
And I believe he pulls it off in grand style.
It was a quick read; a fun read. I highly recommend it.
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