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Time Traders

By Andre Norton
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any
resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

This omnibus edition ┬й 2000 Andre Norton; The Time Traders copyright ┬й 1958 by The World
Publishing Company; Galactic Derelict ┬й 1959 by The World Publishing Company.

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Cover art by Stephen Hickman

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The Time Traders
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Ross Murdock wouldnтАЩt have seemed formidable to any one glancing casually at him as he sat
within the detention cell. He was a little above average height, but not enough to make him
noticeable. His brown hair was cropped conservatively and there was nothing remarkable about his
unlined boyтАЩs faceтАФunless one noted those light-gray eyes and caught the chilling, measuring
expression that showed now and then for an instant in their depths.
He was neatly and inconspicuously dressed. In this first quarter of the twenty-first century his like
was to be found on any street of the city ten floors belowтАФto all outward appearances. But under the
protective coloration Ross so assiduously cultivated was another person who could touch heights of
encased and controlled fury which Ross himself did not understand. He was only just learning to use
it as a weapon against a world he had always found hostile.
Ross was aware, though he gave no sign of it, that a guard was watching him. The cop on duty was