Bats of the republic : an illuminated novel /
In 1843, fragile naturalist Zadock Thomas must leave his beloved in Chicago to deliver a secret letter to an infamous general on the front lines of the war over Texas. The fate of the volatile republic, along with Zadock's future, depends on his mission. When a cloud of bats leads him off the t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Doubleday,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | In 1843, fragile naturalist Zadock Thomas must leave his beloved in Chicago to deliver a secret letter to an infamous general on the front lines of the war over Texas. The fate of the volatile republic, along with Zadock's future, depends on his mission. When a cloud of bats leads him off the trail, he happens upon something impossible. Three hundred years later, the world has collapsed and the remnants of humanity cling to a strange society of paranoia. Zeke Thomas has inherited a sealed envelope from his grandfather, an esteemed senator. When that letter goes missing, Zeke engages a fomenting rebellion that could free him, if it doesn't destroy his relationship, his family legacy and the entire republic first. As their stories overlap and history itself begins to unravel, a war in time erupts between a lost civilization, a forgotten future and the chaos of the wild. |
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| Physical Description: | 445 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780385539838 (hardback) 0385539835 (hardback) |