The Golden Goddess Gambit [Agent of T.E.R.R.A Series Book 2]

Agent of T.E.R.R.A. #2

by Larry Maddock

To Conquer the Future, They Tried to Change the Past! When T.E.R.R.A.'s Resident Agent in ancient Crete discovers an inscription written in that language one thousand years before it came into existence, he immediately suspects time-tampering by the minions of EMPIRE. Webley, the sardonic fifteen-pound shape-changing symbiote, and Hannibal Fortune, both Special Agents for the Temporal Energy Restructure and Repair Agency, are sent back to investigate. What they find daunts even this dauntless pair. For, far to the west and ten thousand years before even the semi-legendary Crete arose, lies a thriving civilization ruled by an enigmatic god-king named Kronos. Here, on an Earth still young enough to be molded to whatever destiny its ruler has in mind, Kronos, whoever or whatever he is, has become the creator of a mighty race ... a race poised to stamp out all future humanity by destroying the ancestors of homo sapiens! Fortune, one of the few agents with the coveted License to Tamper, must restore Earth's history--no matter what it takes. Failure means Kronos will change the shape of things to come and shatter Earth's time-line forever! But Webley has a suggestion or two that just might save humanity's bacon--if only he can distract the debonair Fortune from the beautiful young priestess he has just met!

Genres: Science Fiction

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First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Used As Alternate Name By: Jack Owen Jardine

Reviews

[Terry Mulcahy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well-written. This builds on the first Agent of T.E.R.R.A. book for its descriptions of time travel, the machines, and the hazards of time travel. But, it is a separate story, and much more interesting than the first. This time the agents travel much further back in time after a rogue time traveler, following a simple anachronistic clue. There are sword fights and laser beams, and early poisons and sleep potions just as deadly as any future weapon. The agents forge quick alliances and struggle to survive while they search for the errant time traveler. The people they meet are clever and dangerous, making it very difficult to find the rouge without being killed. There is evidence of great potential damage to their timeline, and despite having the utility of time travel, every second counts.

[Jamie Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a big fan of this series.. I read them as a teenager

[Miles Gould · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very silly, but a fun read.

[Mike (the Paladin) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This time Kronos in the past is set to wipe out humanity! Our only hope is Hannibal! (Fortune, not Lecter) The biggest problem this time seems to be that see, Hannibal has met this priestess and , well Hannibal being Hannibal. He had "woman trouble for the entire run of the series as I recall.

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Time traveler series that I really enjoy.

[Yvensong]

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[Marko]

I have the german edition: Die goldene Goettin