
A young Third‑Level Time Explorer named Urs finds himself standing before the galaxy‑wide System Policy Board, charged with violating the most sacred rule of temporal travel: never let future knowledge seep into the past. The trial is broadcast to billions, turning a bureaucratic hearing into a spectacle of absolute justice that pits cold, procedural logic against the messy reality of a primitive world in ancient Britain. As the board’s white‑haired chairman probes every detail of Urs’s equipment and decisions, the young explorer must weigh his own uncertainty against the unforgiving standards of an institution that claims infallibility.
The story follows the tense moments of this unprecedented inquiry, revealing how a single mistake—a wand forged from a futuristic alloy—can ignite a cascade of ethical dilemmas. Listeners are drawn into a universe where the distant, gleaming corridors of the Time Traveler’s Bureau clash with the rough, uncharted lives of early humans, prompting a profound question: can justice truly be impartial when it spans millennia?
Language
en
Duration
~17 minutes (16K characters)
Release date
Nov 24, 2025
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1912–1981
Best known for the 1948 mystery Too Good to Be True, this mid-century American writer left behind a small but intriguing body of work that also included at least one science-fiction story. The surviving record is slim, which makes the rediscovery of her fiction feel a little like finding a forgotten paperback on the perfect used-book shelf.
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