The Fourth Rome [Mass Market Paperback]

David Drake (Author), Janet Morris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1996 | Series: Fourth Rome (Book 2)

Unchecked after the collapse of the USSR, a Soviet scientific team conducts experiments in time travel, hoping to rewrite history and thus cultivate a Russian superpower.

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From Publishers Weekly

The history-guarding commandos from ARC Riders return to thwart renegade time-travelers who are attempting to revise the past, this time in post-Soviet Russia, as well as along the first-century Roman frontier. While the "Time Police" theme is a well-worn SF convention, Drake and Morris play to their strengths, creating a fast-paced narrative filled with gritty combat realism, elements of espionage and convincingly detailed ultra-high technology. The conclusion is a bit anticlimactic but will certainly leave fans of the time-war genre looking forward to the further adventures of the Anti-Revision Command.
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Aspect; Warner edition (July 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446601535
• ISBN-13: 978-0446601535
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.8 x 6.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,293,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Rate. An Enjoyable Adventure, July 9, 2001

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Linda Hepworth "Avid Mystery Reader" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fourth Rome (Mass Market Paperback)

Elite 26th-century commandos, the ARC Riders patrol time to protect all human history...

The USSR crumbles, Russian hardliners jump from 1991 to AD 9, when their modern weapons can warp the course of the Roman Empire and create a world ruled by the Kremlin-using time technology that doesn't exist in the 20th century...or the 26th.

To solve the mystery, the Riders must split into teams separated by millennia. And while three Riders are trapped between the Roman legions and a blood-maddened barbarian horde, their comrades are at war on the Moscow streets. And fighting an inconceivable enemy.