MASTER OF THE REVELS
A RETURN TO NEAL STEPHENSON’S D.O.D.O.
COMING FEB 23 2021
In the theater, it is superstition that Macbeth is a cursed play—because Shakespeare used the spells of actual witches, the rumor goes, witches took revenge by putting a hex on any production brought to the stage.
In this sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. our time-traveling operatives set their sights on the truth, 1606 London, and a contemporary witch they know quite well: Grainne. With the help of Edmund Tilney, the king's Master of Revels, Grainne has retrofitted Macbeth with real spells, ensuring that witches of the future will have access to magic that otherwise would have been lost as magic dies over the years.
The Master of Revels, who functions as censor and producer of all the stages in London, is no ordinary antagonist, nor is Macbeth the only work at risk. Mel, Tristan, and girl-passing-as-boy Robin, must work to save the entire First Folio, the Bard and his brother, and Leonardo da Vinci's entire existence.