explored was a derelict from a galactic fleet, but it was
a ship and it used the principle of space flight. Do you understand now?
In these lost ships lies the secret which will make us free of all the
stars! We must claim it."

"Can we----?"

"Can _we_?" Ashe was laughing at Ross again with his eyes, though his
face remained sober. "Then _you_ still want to be counted in on this
game?"

Ross looked down again at his bandaged hand and remembered swiftly so
many things--the coast of Britain on a misty morning, the excitement of
prowling the alien ship, the fight with Ennar, even the long nightmare
of his flight down the river, and lastly, the exultation he had tasted
when he had faced the alien and had locked wills--to hold steady. He
knew that he could not, would not, give up what he had found here in the
service of the project as long as it was in his power to cling to it.

"Yes." It was a very simple answer, but when his eyes met Ashe's, Ross
knew that it would serve better than any solemn oath.

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The Time Traders

by ANDRE NORTON

If it is possible to conquer space, then perhaps it is also possible to
conquer time. At least that was the theory American scientists were
exploring in an effort to explain the new sources of knowledge the
Russians possessed. Perhaps Russian scientists had discovered how to
transport themselves back in time in order to learn long-forgotten
secrets of the past.

That was why young Ross Murdock, above average in intelligence but a
belligerently independent nonconformist, found himself on a "hush-hush"
government project at a secret base in the Arctic. The very qualities
that made him a menace in civilized society were valuable traits in a
man who must successfully act the part of a merchant trader of the
Beaker people during the Bronze Age.

For once they were transferred by time machine to the remote Baltic
region where the Russian post was located, Ross and his partner Ashe
were swept into a fantastic action-filled adventure involving Russians,
superstitious prehistoric men, and the aliens of a lost galactic
civilization that demanded every ounce of courage the Americans
possessed.

Andre Norton's earlier books, _Star Born_ and _The Stars Are Ours!_,
have made this author one of the most popular writers in the
science-fiction field. In this daring adventure into the mists of time,
readers will find themselves transported to still more exciting "