Atlantis Endgame; A New Time Traders Adventure

Nobody knows exactly what happened to the fabled civilization of ancient Atlantis. Was Atlantis, the incredibly advanced society of legend, destroyed by some super-science device that ran out of control? Did a massive earthquake or volcanic eruption sink the island nation? Or is Atlantis merely a cosmic joke played by ancient historians on gullible theorists millennia afterward?Time Patrol stalwart Ross Murdock and the others who protect Earths history have discovered evidence that someone has tampered with events in ancient Atlantis. Our heroes journey back to the ancient world disguised as seagoing traders with goods to sell to the Atlanteans. They soon discover that other strangers are on Atlantis: the Baldies, aliens who have destroyed technological civilizations throughout the galaxy. The aliens are bent on changing our history to prevent the rise of technology, but exactly what are they trying to accomplish on the legendary island? As tremors of the volcano intensify and time runs out, will Ross, Gordon Ashe, and the other time travelers be able to stop the Baldies plan?

For well over a half century, Andre Norton has been one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. Since her first SF novels were published in the 1940s, her adventure SF has enthralled readers young and old. With series such as Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and Janus, as well as many stand-alone novels, her tales of action and adventure throughout the galaxy have drawn countless readers to science fiction.

Her fantasy, including the best-selling Witch World series, her "Magic" series, and many other unrelated novels, has been popular with readers for decades. Lauded as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, she is the recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention. Not only have her books been enormously popular; she also has inspired several generations of SF and fantasy writers, especially many talented women writers who have followed in her footsteps. In the past two decades she has worked with other writers on a number of novels. Most notable among these are collaborations with Mercedes Lackey, the Halfblood Chronicles, as well as collaborations with A.C. Crispin (in the Witch World series) and Sherwood Smith (in the Time Traders and Solar Queen series). An Ohio native, Ms. Norton lived for a number of years in Winter Park, Florida, and now makes her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where she continues to write, and presides over High Hallack, a writers' resource and retreat.

Sherwood Smith is the author of a number of science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Wren series for Young Adults, the Exordium novels (with Dave Trowbridge), the recent Atlantis Endgame, a novel of the Time Traders series (with Andre Norton), Solar Queen novels (also with Andre Norton), and many others. She lives south of Los Angeles.