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Mostly bland Cold-War-infused time travel thriller/adventure with mediocre characters, mediocre writing and not too much exciting done with the science-fiction concepts. Even undoes the fun it could have had just as an action-y adventure via some lame "escapes". For instance, a tip for Russian time travel agents who want to kill an enemy agent: (view spoiler)
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Andre Norton writes some great adventure science fiction and this is one of her best that I've come across. This one has it all, time travel, cave men, aliens and being as it was written in the late 50's, evil Russian agents.
Ross Murdock is a kid of the streets. He's been busted so many times he has burnt all of his bridges. Or so he thought. As he faces the judge for his latest mis-adventure, waiting for the hammer to fall, he is surprised to hear an offer given to him. If he volunteers for thi ...more
Ross Murdock is a kid of the streets. He's been busted so many times he has burnt all of his bridges. Or so he thought. As he faces the judge for his latest mis-adventure, waiting for the hammer to fall, he is surprised to hear an offer given to him. If he volunteers for thi ...more
