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ULTIMATE ENTROPY
“I wonder if the Timekeepers realize the damage,” said Lucas.
“I wonder if they care?” said Forrester. “Their 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?”
“Is that actually a possibility?” said Andre.
“Delaney seems to think so,” Forrester said.
“But that would mean ...” Andre’s voice trailed off.
“The end of time,” 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
An Ace Science Fiction Book / published by arrangement with the author
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Ace Original / May 1985
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Copyright © 1985 by Simon Hawke
Cover art by David Mattingly
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“lllegitimati non carborundum”

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 “Father of
Temporal Physics.”
July 14, 2430: Mensinger publishes “There Is No Future,” 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 “nonspecific time” or temporal
limbo, later known as “the dead zone.”
 October 21,2440: Wolfgang Mensinger dies. His son, Albrecht, perfects the chronoplate and carries