The Turing Protocol: A Novel by Nick Croydon

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What if history could be edited like a classified file? The Turing Protocol transforms that terrifying possibility into a pulse-pounding speculative thriller that stretches from the codebreaking rooms of World War II to the geopolitical crises of the modern age.

Centered around legendary mathematician and cryptanalyst Alan Turing, this ambitious debut imagines a secret wartime invention capable of sending messages into the recent past. Hidden beneath layers of espionage, ethics, and scientific genius, Turing’s “Nautilus” machine offers humanity a dangerous temptation: the power to rewrite catastrophe before it happens.

After successfully altering events surrounding D-Day, Turing realizes the invention is too powerful to ever fall into the wrong hands. Persecuted and misunderstood in his own lifetime, he entrusts the machine to a carefully chosen line of guardians sworn to strict rules governing its use.

Decades later, Annabelle McIntosh inherits that impossible responsibility. As global crises spiral and history threatens to repeat its darkest moments, she must decide whether changing the past can truly save the future or whether every intervention tears reality a little further apart.

Moving across multiple timelines and major historical flashpoints, including the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the aftermath of 9/11, The Turing Protocol blends historical fiction, speculative science fiction, espionage, and philosophical suspense into a gripping meditation on power, morality, and unintended consequences.

At its core, the novel also serves as a tribute to Alan Turing himself: a queer genius whose contributions helped shape the modern world while his government repaid him with persecution. Fans of intelligent time-travel fiction, historical thrillers, and morally complex science fiction will find plenty to obsess over here.

Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0063485133