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In Jodi Taylor’s witty adventure, Max Maxwell inherits the dream of a lifetime: to chronicle history by literally stepping through it. As a member of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, she is bound by strict protocols that forbid any interaction with the past. Yet on her inaugural mission to rescue relics from the Great Library of Alexandria, Max learns that time travel is fraught with danger and that fellow historians will go to great lengths to protect the integrity of the timeline.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Jodi Taylor
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