From the Files of the Time Rangers

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From the Files of the Time Rangers (ISBN 1-930846-35-5) is an alternate world / time travel novel by Richard Bowes and published in 2005 by Golden Gryphon Press. The novel’s foreword, entitled "Rick Bowes: An Appreciation," is written by Kage Baker, author of The Company novels. The novel was edited by Marty Halpern for Golden Gryphon Press.

Sections of From the Files of the Time Rangers have been previously published in shorter, albeit different, form. In particular, the novelettes "The Ferryman’s Wife" and "The Mask of the Rex" were both finalists for the prestigious Nebula Award in 2002 and 2003 respectively.

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Greek gods are posing as humans and pulling humanity's strings in this mosaic novel about time travel, alternate worlds, and the making of a president. The Time Rangers, Apollo's chosen servants, are in charge of preserving the peace and harmony along the Time Stream, the pathway between various worlds and times. But Apollo has given the Rangers a new task: to protect Timothy Garde Macauley, the chosen one, who must become the president of the United States to avoid the destruction of humankind. Standing in the Rangers' way are other gods: Mercury, who's working his wiles in the world of public relations; Diana, cruising New York City in the guise of an NYPD detective; Pluto, who is in the process of grooming his successor; and Dionysus, who has caused the annihilation of an alternate world. Nonstop action keeps the story rolling from the 1950s to the present day, through this world and others.