Guardians of Time -

Poul Anderson, Poul William Anderson

[New York]: Ballantine Books

1960

140 páginas

4h 40m

ISBN-10: 0856177970

Four short novels of the unpredictable past / [ASIN: B000KOT1HE ]
HARD TIMES That's what leads Manson Everard to answer an ad offering "high pay and foreign travel for men and women with military experience." But compared to where - and when - he's going, "hard times" in the 20th-century U.S.A. are easy!
==Contents==
• Time Patrol • [Time Patrol • 1] • (1955) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• Brave to Be a King • [Time Patrol • 2] • (1959) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Only Game in Town • [Time Patrol • 4] • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• Delenda Est • [Time Patrol • 5] • (1955) • novelette by Poul Anderson (less)

POUL ANDERSON is one of the young stars in science-fiction writing whose first striking novel was published by Ballantine Books (#393K Brain Wave). Now, in an adventurous frame of mind, he has written stories of how the past guards man's future, leaping the space from era to era with breathtaking reality, a sweeping ride on the roller coaster of time.

Forget minor hazards like nuclear bombs. The discovery of time travel means that everything we know, anyone we know, might not only vanish, but never even have existed. Against that possibility stand the men and women of the Time Patrol, dedicated to preserving the history they know and protecting the future from fanatics, terrorists, and would-be dictators who would remold the shape of reality to suit their own purposes. But Manse Everard, the Patrol's finest temporal trouble-shooter, bears a heavy burden. The fabric of history is stained with human blood and suffering which he cannot, must not do anything to alleviate, lest his tampering bring disastrous alterations in future time. . .