
The Time Snatcher
A lone Time Patrolman is thrust into a desperate mission: stop a rogue time‑traveler who has stolen a chronokinetic projector and kidnapped a vital operator. The patrol’s strict rules warn that any major change to the past can ripple forward, so Brek Halliday must retrieve the woman and undo the interference before history is irrevocably altered.
Prepared in a hypnorobot tank, Brek absorbs the language, customs and even the clothing of the American West in the 1880s. Armed with a pair of six‑guns that blend oddly well with the frontier, he steps out of the temporal vortex into a sun‑baked New Mexico town, where the saloon doors swing open to a world that feels both familiar and foreign. With only a vague energy signature to guide him, he must track the escaped felon Sagginer through dusty streets, all while keeping his own presence from tearing the timeline apart.
Language
en
Duration
~25 minutes (24K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
Jun 22, 2021
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1927–1987
A prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy, Randall Garrett became known for sharp, inventive stories and the popular Lord Darcy mysteries. He also collaborated with Robert Silverberg and wrote under a wide range of pseudonyms.
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