Thirty Days Later: Steaming Forward: 30 Adventures in Time by Harry Turtledove & T.E. MacArthur & Anthony Francis & Sharon E. Cathcart

Author:Harry Turtledove & T.E. MacArthur & Anthony Francis & Sharon E. Cathcart [Turtledove, Harry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thinking Ink Press
Published: 2016-05-28T23:00:00+00:00

“Aarrrgggg, Matey?”

“Couldn’t resist. I love pirates. And Dr. B was right. You do look the part with that patch. He sends apologies by the way. Says the headaches will ease up as you get used to your eye. Says to try it at twilight — not too dark, not too light. Good time to practice.” Dr. B? Mr. Black Heart Pin? The Commander? Just who were these people? Definitely not my Qin-To counterparts.

“What should I call you?”

“Madame E. I thought you might appreciate something more straightforward. Easy enough to intercept your contact’s transmissions, trim it to eight from twenty and double print the important bits. Agent Xiung is still in the Clockwork Graveyard waiting for you to rifle through a thousand pages of the Chang Sen Codex in your night table drawer to decipher the double-layered cryptique.” Madame E grabbed a towel big enough to cover the bed in my room in the Tetra. She smiled. “He won’t miss you for another two or three hours at least, and he can’t help you anyway.”

“He can’t?”

“The Service can only determine the probabilities on a punched card. The card you retrieved in the Solstice Games hasn’t been punched. It’s a wild card.”

“So it could do…anything?”

“Exactly. But the number combinations on a wild card can be interpreted by the right person. Maybe even in time to learn what they’re planning and stop it.”

“Do you know where I can find the right person?”

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