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In the Country of the Blind

By: Baen Books

Type: Novel - Softcover

Product Line: Science Fiction Novels (Baen Books)


Product Info

Title
In the Country of the Blind
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Author
Michael Flynn
Publish Year
1990
Pages
528
Dimensions
4x6.5x1"
NKG Part #
2147789616
Type
Novel - Softcover

Description

Set primarily in the present, with tantalizing flashbacks to the 1800s, In the Country of the Blind concerns a small group of American idealists who manage to actually build the Analytical Engine designed by Charles Babbage and use it to develop mathematical models that could chart the likely course of the future. When their calculations predicted a united Germany armed with unimaginably powerful bombs by 1939, the Charles Babbage Society kept it from ever happening. Soon they were working to alter history's course to their own liking in other ways. By the 1990s the Society has become the secret master of the world. But no secret can be kept forever, at least not without drastic measures. When her plans for some historic real estate lead developer and ex-reporter Sarah Beaumont to stumble across the Society's existence, it is just the first step into a baffling and deadly maze of conspiracies.