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ULTIMATE ENTROPY
тАЬI wonder if the Timekeepers realize the damage,тАЭ said Lucas.
тАЬI wonder if they care?тАЭ said Forrester. тАЬTheir so-called movement has been effectively destroyed.
There can only be a handful of them left. Can you think of a better way to go out than having brought
about ultimate entropy?тАЭ
тАЬIs that actually a possibility?тАЭ said Andre.
тАЬDelaney seems to think so,тАЭ Forrester said.
тАЬBut that would mean ...тАЭ AndreтАЩs voice trailed off.
тАЬThe end of time,тАЭ said Lucas softly.

The Time Wars Series by Simon Hawke

THE IVANHOE GAMBIT
THE TIMEKEEPER CONSPIRACY
THE PIMPERNEL PLOT
THE ZENDA VENDETTA
THE NAUTILUS SANCTION (coming in December)

THE ZENDA VENDETTA
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For Robert M. Powers with friendship and respect
тАЬlllegitimati non carborundumтАЭ

A CHRONOLOGICAL
HISTORY OF
THE TIME WARS
April 1,2425: Dr. Wolfgang Mensinger invents the chronoplate at the age of 115, discovering time
travel. Later he would construct a small scale working prototype for use in laboratory experiments
specially designed to avoid any possible creation of a temporal paradox. He is hailed as the тАЬFather of
Temporal Physics.тАЭ
July 14, 2430: Mensinger publishes тАЬThere Is No Future,тАЭ in which he redefines relativity, proving
that there is no such thing as the future, but an infinite number of potential future scenarios which are
absolute relative only to their present. He also announces the discovery of тАЬnonspecific timeтАЭ or temporal
limbo, later known as тАЬthe dead zone.тАЭ
 October 21,2440: Wolfgang Mensinger dies. His son, Albrecht, perfects the chronoplate and carries