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A futuristic experiment goes wrong, releasing Duncan Reid, a renowned American architect, into a time both far ahead and far behind his own. Bound to him are three extraordinary figures: a medieval Russian, a fourth‑century Hun warrior, and a priestess who reveres him as deity. Each has been dragged through a temporal rift into a distant past that now threatens the future. The quartet forms an uneasy alliance, for they know that not only their individual destinies but the world's future depend on how they navigate this strange, ancient setting.
First publish date: 1971
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Poul Anderson
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