Curious Notions (Crosstime Traffic, Book #2)

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Synopsis
Following on last year's Gunpowder Empire, a new novel of "Crosstime Traffic"- In the San Francisco of a parallel-world in the twenty-first century in which the Kaiser's Germany won World War I and went on to dominate the world, Paul Gomes and his father, Lawrence, are secret agents from our timeline, posing as traders from a foreign land. They run a storefront shop called Curious Notions, selling what in our world is routine consumer technology-record players, radios, cassette decks-all of which is better than anything in this world, but only by a bit. Their real job is to obtain raw materials for our timeline. Just as important, they must guard the secret of Crosstime Traffic-for of the millions of parallel timelines, this is one of the few advanced enough to use that secret against us. Now, however, the German occupation police are harassing them. The police want to know where they're getting their mysterious goods. Under pressure, Paul and Lawrence hint that their supplies come from San Francisco's Chinese ... setting in motion a chain of intrigues that will put the entire enterprise of Crosstime Traffic at deadly risk.
Copyright:
2004

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
268 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780765306944
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Harry Turtledove
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Grade Levels:
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Submitted By:
Noel Romey
Proofread By:
Shanna Stichler
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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Harry Turtledove's alternate history novels for adults are complex, richly textured and lengthy, with some series spanning five or more books. For younger, or just more impatient readers, the Cross-Time Traffic series books showcase Turtledove's PhD in history without taking excursions into detail. Short, quick-moving reads, these books feature teenage heroes who also work as successful spies, often forced to confront mature decisions and morally gray situations. Any lover of sci-fi will enjoy these tales, as the adventure and new ideas abound. People looking for deep character development, and worlds created with multi-layered images will probably find this series disappointing.