In the Company of Thieves

by Kage Baker

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Pub Date Nov 15 2013 | Archive Date Mar 05 2014

Description

The Company, a powerful corporate entity in the twenty-fourth century, has discovered a nearly foolproof recipe for success: immortal employees and time travel. They specialize in retrieving extraordinary treasures out of the past, gathered by cybernetically-enhanced workers who pass as ordinary people. Or at least they try to pass...

There is one rule at Dr. Zeus Incorporated that must not be broken: recorded history cannot be changed. But avoiding the attention of mortals while stealing from them? It’s definitely not in the Company manual.

History awaits, though not quite the one you remember.

The Company, a powerful corporate entity in the twenty-fourth century, has discovered a nearly foolproof recipe for success: immortal employees and time travel. They specialize in retrieving...

A Note From the Publisher

Kage Baker is the author of the Company novels, her series of immortal, time-traveling cyborgs, including In the Garden of Iden, Mendoza in Hollywood, and The Sons of Heaven. Baker received the Nebula and Theodore Sturgeon awards. She was passionately involved in the theater as an actor, director, playwright, and teacher of Elizabethan English as a second language, which she often used for research in her novels.

Kage Baker is the author of the Company novels, her series of immortal, time-traveling cyborgs, including In the Garden of Iden, Mendoza in Hollywood, and The Sons of Heaven. Baker received the...

Advance Praise

Praise for The Company Series

“If there’s a better time-travel series out there, go find it.”
—Kirkus, starred review

“Historical detail and fast-paced action with a good dose of ironic wit and a dollop of bittersweet romance.”
—Library Journal

“Another entry...in Baker’s superlative series about Dr. Zeus.... An astonishing and thoroughly satisfying installment. What’s more, Baker’s overall concept and rationale, flawlessly sustained through five books, grows ever more spellbinding and impressive.”
—Kirkus, starred review

“Listen closely, and perhaps you will hear the collective sigh of delight from intelligent lovers of fantasy the world over.”
—Booklist

Praise for The Company Series

“If there’s a better time-travel series out there, go find it.”
—Kirkus, starred review

“Historical detail and fast-paced action with a good dose of ironic wit and a...