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Fox and BC travel through time from the distant future to 1901. Elite cadets in the Imperial Army, they are young, handsome, well-mannered ... and now, mutineers. They have journeyed into the past to save the opening ceremony of Australia’s first parliament from being bombed. If the cadets fail, thousands will die, sparking a century of total war. However, to change the destiny of the world, the young warriors will need the help of three ordinary teenagers ... ** ### Review Penned by Sean McMullen, one of Australia's leading SF and fantasy authors, the work is a mixture of romance, invention, and adventure, littered with dynamic, strange, and often hilarious characters. This is an interesting read and one way of highlighting how our society has changed to a teen audience. One of Australia’s most inventive SF authors. ‘... fans of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams will appreciate McMullen’s dry wit ...’ '...his action sequences splendid, his comic timing impeccable’ ‘A totally entertaining book from beginning to end.’ ‘An intriguing blend of science-fiction and history, the fast-paced action, with some unexpected twists and turns, pulls the reader along on an adventure . . .’ ‘ . . . A very enjoyable reading experience . . . Top rate.' ‘ . . . Highly readable, eminently enjoyable and thoroughly recommended.’ ### About the Author Sean McMullen is one of Australia's leading SF and fantasy authors, with fourteen books and sixty stories published, for which he has won over a dozen awards. His most recent novels are The Ancient Hero (2004) and Voidfarer (2006). When not writing Sean is a computer training manager, and when not at a keyboard he is a karate instructor.