


I could hardly wait to see what happened next, and it goes through all sorts of unexpected twists and turns before arriving at a very satisfying ending. Disabled Air Force Major Bowden Karvel is hanging out with some friends at a local tavern, when he sees trees starting to fall in the v This was one of my top ten SF books of all time when it appeared, and I’d still put it in the top twenty, even with so much published since. Mr Biggle writes easily and naturally, with a touch of ironical humour. This was one of my top ten SF books of all time when it appeared, and I’d still put it in the top twenty, even with so much published since. And Bowden Karvel seemed the perfect choice to make the trip.more One thing seemed imperative: a human operator must man the intricate controls of the capsule, riding it forward to its mysterious point of origin. only to reappear with an alien navigator, this time destroying a small French town. But while investigating, the capsule was accidentally dispatched again through time. Bowden Karvel's theory, that the capsule's port of origin lay in the distant future, seemed a plausible explanation. to discover a fantastically instrumented capsule, and a strangely human pilot, stone dead.

After the explotion, searchers sifted through the immense pile of debris. Bowden Karvel's theory, that the capsule's port of origin lay in the distant future, seemed a plausible ex The object arrived without warning, tearing a spiral path of devastation across the rural landscape.

The object arrived without warning, tearing a spiral path of devastation across the rural landscape.
