Book description
The creaking Phoenician ship slowly approached its destination. Everard
gazed out over the sparkling water at the ancient port of Tyre. 'A grand
sight indeed,' he murmured to the captain, glad of the easy electrocram
method of learning the language. His gaze went forward again; the city
reminded him not a little of New York. Time patrolmen like Everard guard
the past. No matter how good or evil an event, it must be held
inviolate. The slightest slip, and Time would become Chaos, and all that
has ever been or will ever be will tumble into darkness. When the Birth
of Civilisation is endangered by the malign counter-emperor Varagan, the
patrol must be on its mettle Poul Anderson (1926-2001) was born in
Pennsylvania of Scandinavian stock. He started publishing science
fiction in 1947 and became one the great figures in the genre, serving
as President of the Science Fiction Writers of America, winning multiple
Hugo and Nebula awards, and was named a SFWA Grand Master. He
collaborated regularly with wife, Karen, and their daughter is married
to noted SF writer Greg Bear. Poul Anderson died in July 2001.
