The Thermopylae Protocol

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NEW NOVEL IN THE BEST-SELLING GORDIAN DIVISION SERIES FROM NYT BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DAVID WEBER AND JACOB HOLO: When a ship from an uncharted universe explodes, it soon becomes apparent that someone is building a massive weapon away from the watchful eyes of the Gordian Division. Agent Cho and Detective Cantrell are deployed to get to the bottom of the mystery. If they dont it, means destruction on a universal scale.

A Time Storm is Brewing.

After an industrial ship carrying advanced self-replicating machines explodes on its way to Mercury, analysis of the wreckage reveals it to be forty years too old. Raibert Kaminski, the Gordian Divisions top agent, and his crew on the TransTemporal Vehicle Kleio soon discover the ship had been transported to an uncharted universe, one with temporarily accelerated time. Forty years passed for the ships industrial machines while everyone else experienced only a few short days. Raibert is certain a powerful weapon of some nature has been built out in the unexplored reaches of the multiverse, but where and by whom remains unknown.

The search is on, and the Gordian Division musters its fleet of time machines at Providence, a massive transdimensional station under construction. They call upon their allies from the militaristic Admin for aid in their searchbut before plans can be formalized, the leader of the Admins Department of Temporal Investigation is murdered while visiting Providence, and the joint operation is thrown into chaos.

Accusations fly and tensions mount between the two organizations. Detectives Isaac Cho and Susan Cantrellboth fast becoming experts in transdimensional crimeare dispatched to Providence. But the clock is ticking for the detectives and Raiberts crew. A vast, powerful conspiracy has shuddered into motion, and the two teams may be all that stand between it and destruction on a universal scale.

Praise for The Gordian Protocol:

Tom Clancy-esque exposition of technical details . . . absurd humor and bloody action. Echoes of Robert Heinlein . . . lots of exploding temporal spaceships and bodies . . . action-packed . . . Booklist

[A] fun and thrilling standalone from Weber and Holo. . . . Time travel enthusiasts will enjoy the moral dilemmas, nonstop action, and crisp writing. Publishers Weekly

Praise for David Weber:
[A] balanced mix of interstellar intrigue, counterespionage, and epic fleet action . . . with all the hard- and software details and tactical proficiency that Weber delivers like no one else; along with a large cast of well-developed, believable characters, giving each clash of fleets emotional weight. Booklist

Compelling combat combined with engaging characters for a great space opera adventure. Locus

Praise for Jacob Holo:

An entertaining sci-fi action novel with light overtones of dystopian and political thrillers. Kirkus Reviews on The Dragons of Jupiter

Thrilling . . . sci-fi adventure. Kirkus Reviews on Time Reavers

Author Bio

With more than eight million copies of his books in print and 33 titles on theNew York Timesbestseller list,David Weberis a science fiction powerhouse. In the vastly popular Honor Harrington series, the spirit of C.S. Foresters Horatio Hornblower and Patrick OBriansMaster and Commanderlive oninto the galactic future. Books in the Honor Harrington and Honorverse series have appeared on 21 bestseller lists, includingThe Wall Street Journal, The New York Times,andUSAToday.Additional Honorversecollaborations include the spin-off miniseries ManticoreAscendant withNew York Timesbest-selling author Timothy Zahn;and with EricFlint,Crown of Slaves,Cauldron of Ghosts, and To End in Firecontribute to Webers illustrious list ofNew York Timesand international bestsellers.

Best known for his spirited, modern-minded space operas, Weber is also the creator of the Oath of Swords fantasy series and the DahakSaga, a science fiction and fantasy hybrid. Weber has also engaged in a steady stream of best-selling collaborations: the Starfireseries with Steve White; the Empire of Man series with John Ringo; theMultiverseseries with Linda Evans andJoellePresby; and contributions to the Ring of Fire series with Eric Flint.

Jacob Holo is a former-Ohioan, former-Michigander living in sunny South Carolina. He has been a recreational geek since childhood, when he discovered Star Wars and Star Trek, and a professional geek since college, when he graduated from Youngstown State University with a degree in Electrical and Controls Engineering. He started writing when his parents bought that new IBM 286 desktop, and over the years, those powers combined to push him to the next level of nerddom: a sci-fi author who designs intricate worlds and tech systems...and promptly blows them up in a string of nonstop action.

He is the author of over fifteen books, including the best-selling Gordian Division series (with David Weber), Time Reavers (a Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Book); The Wizards Way (with H.P. Holo), and Monster Punk Horizon: Excess (with H.P. Holo).