title: The Time Traders
author:  Andre Norton 
description: 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.
zlib_text: **Time Traders**
  
   **By Andre Norton**
  
  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 (c) 2000 Andre Norton; _The Time Traders_ copyright (c)
  1958 by The World Publishing Company; _Galactic Derelict_ (c) 1959 by The
  World Publishing Company.
  
  All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions
  thereof in any form.
  
  A Baen Books Original Omnibus
  
  Baen Publishing Enterprises
  
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  www.baen.com
  
  ISBN: 0-671-31952-3
  
  Cover art by Stephen Hickman
  
  First Baen printing, November 2000
  
  Distributed by Simon & Schuster
  
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  Typeset by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH
  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
    
   **The Time Traders**
  
   **1**
  
  Ross Murdock wouldn't have seemed formidable to any one glancing casually at
  him as he sat within the detention cell. He w