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Don’t miss the first five books in Isaac Asimov’s Robots In Time

PREDATOR

The robot called Hunter’s first target is hiding somewhere in the age of dinosaurs. He must catch

a robot forced to fight for survival…a robot turned Predator.

MARAUDER

Hunter’s second mission sends his team to an age of pirates and cutthroats. Their target is a robot

determined to survive…a robot branded Marauder.

WARRIOR

In the chaos of the Roman Empire’s collapse, Hunter and his team search for a robot who will

risk all of history to escape them…a robot Warrior.

DICTATOR

In the midst of the Second World War, Hunter and his team must outwit Nazi soldiers and Soviet

agents to accomplish their mission…in the time of the Dictator.

EMPEROR

Hunter and his team chase their prey to ancient China during the reign of Kubla Khan…China’s

greatest Emperor.

ISAAC ASIMOV’S

ROBOTS

IN TIME

WILLIAM F. WU

THE LAWS OF ROBOTICS

A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict

with the First Law.

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A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First

or Second Law.

ISAAC ASIMOV’S

ROBOTS

IN TIME

INVADER

WILLIAM F. WU

Databank by Matt Elson

This novel is dedicated to the memory of my maternal grandmother,

Mae Franking,

Who passed her English and Scottish descent to me and became the first novelist in the family.

Special thanks are due during the time of writing this novel to Dr. William Q. Wu and Cecile F.

Wu, my parents, for indulging my lifelong interest in history; Riucia Mainhardt; Bridgett and

Marty Marquardt; Michael D. Toman; and John Betancourt, Leigh Grossman, Keith R. A.

DeCandido, and Byron Preiss.

R. Hunter, a humaniform robot, waited as Steve Chang looked up at him angrily. They stood in

the small office of Mojave Center Governor, in the underground city of Mojave Center. Steve

began to pace.

“I hardly slept at all, Hunter,” Steve growled. “Jane could be anywhere in the world, at any time

in history. That’s the toughest kidnapping to solve anyone could imagine. We have to start

looking for her. Once we get going, I’ll get back to normal.”

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“You know that R. Ishihara cannot allow her to be harmed under the First Law of Robotics,” said

Hunter. “That will not change, no matter where they are.”

“I know, I know—’A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human

being to come to harm,’ “ Steve droned impatiently. “But Ishihara is working for Wayne

Nystrom, renegade roboticist,” said Steve. “That tells us how great Ishihara’s judgment must be. I

don’t trust him to follow the First Law responsibly.”

“Dr. Nystrom apparently convinced Ishihara to help him under the First Law,” said Hunter.

“Once he had done that, Ishihara had no choice but to obey him under the Second Law. However,

Ishihara will protect both Jane and Dr. Nystrom from immediate harm.”

“So who cares if the Second Law of Robotics says, ‘A robot must obey the orders given it by

human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law,’ if the human giving

orders can’t be trusted?”

“I do not predict that Jane will be with them long,” said Hunter. “Wayne Nystrom will be

searching for MC 6 in the same time and place we will. That narrows the search for Jane

considerably. Our search for MC 6 will take us to them.”

“Well, we know about when and where to find them, then,” said Steve. “So let’s go!”

“Not so fast.” Hunter turned and eased his body into the desk chair.

“Why not?”

“We must prepare this mission with the same care we used in the others. Since we are going back

to fifth-century Britain, I will retain my present appearance. It is consistent with the gene pool of

the local people we will meet.” A brawny six feet six inches tall with short blond hair and blue

eyes, Hunter had been designed with the ability to change his shape and appearance at will.

“All right, fine. That’s your department; it won’t matter to me. What else do we have to do?”

Steve put both fists on his hips and glared at Hunter. “I’ve already taken the vaccines you

arranged this morning. I assume you’ve prepared period clothing, just as you did before.”

“Yes. I took the clothing to the Bohung Institute while you were trying to sleep. However, I have

hired Harriet Lane, a new historian, to join us.”

“Well, where is she?”

“She is due here in a few minutes; I arranged for her to receive her vaccines from R. Cushing, the

medical robot who tended your head injury after our fourth mission. Together, we will have to

decide how to explain your Chinese descent to Britons who have never heard of China or seen

anyone of your race and ethnicity.”

“Well, we told the ancient Germans in Roman times that I was a slave from the eastern

Mediterranean. That should be good enough.”

“Perhaps. My internal clock says the time is 7:38 P.M. While we wait for Harriet, I must report to

the Governor Robot Oversight Committee.”

“All right, I’ll shut up.” Steve folded his arms across his chest and continued pacing anxiously. “I

just hope she shows up soon.”

Nodding, Hunter called the city computer and instructed it to contact the four members of the

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Governor Robot Oversight Committee for him. Then he waited while they were located for the

conference call. In front of him, Steve still stomped back and forth across the small room.

Hunter could not avoid making reports to the Oversight Committee. He had been designed and

built specifically for the committee in order to search for Mojave Center Governor, one of six

experimental gestalt robots who were supposed to be running certain cities. All the other

Governor robots had mysteriously shut themselves down. However, MC Governor had suddenly

divided into the six component gestalt humaniform robots out of which he was comprised and

vanished. No one knew why.

Dr. Wayne Nystrom, an eccentric roboticist, had designed and built the Governor robots.

However, the Governor Robot Oversight Committee had been studying their performance and

judging their efficiency. When the Governors began to fail, Wayne Nystrom had apparently felt

that his career was in danger. He had been trying to beat Hunter to each of the component robots

of MC Governor in order to dismantle and examine them for the mysterious flaw that had shut

down the first five Governors before Hunter could reassemble MC Governor and turn him over to

the Oversight Committee to complete their study.

When Hunter had arrived in Mojave Center, he had learned that MC Governor had modified an

existing piece of technology in the Bohung Institute into a time travel device. Then each of his

component robots had miniaturized themselves to microscopic size and fled back in time to a

different era, intending to hide forever. Jane believed their motivation was the Third Law of

Robotics, “ A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict

with the First or Second Law.” Unknown to them, however, a flaw in the miniaturization caused

each of them to return to full size at different times, wherever they happened to be.

At that point, they had to masquerade as human. Two dangers presented themselves as a result.

The first was that they could alter the direction of history by living throughout the centuries and

causing people to act in different ways, driven by the Three Laws of Robotics. Hunter had to

prevent that in order to avoid harm to all humans by having the timeline of history significantly

changed.

In addition, when the component robots or their material remains reached the approximate time

they had left, they exploded with nuclear force. As Hunter prepared to go back with his team to

find MC 6, he also was monitoring the news broadcasts of a mysterious nuclear explosion in

south-central England. Only his team members knew that it had been caused by MC 6 exploding.

Now Wayne had a robot named R. Ishihara helping him. Originally, Hunter had instructed

Ishihara to apprehend Wayne if he returned from the past to the time travel sphere in Room F-12

of the Bohung Institute. Somehow, the roboticist had used an argument involving the Three Laws

of Robotics to induce Ishihara to cooperate with him.

On five separate missions, Hunter had led his team of humans in pursuit of the other five

component robots. All five had been caught. Now they were here in the office of MC Governor,

where they stood merged and shut down, waiting for the last component robot in order to

complete MC Governor again. Once he had been put back together, the Oversight Committee

would investigate why the other Governors had shut down and why MC Governor had divided

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and fled.

Hunter had reported to the Governor Robot Oversight Committee on his progress after each

mission. However, he felt that the existence of time travel held incalculable potential harm for all

humans. For that reason, he had kept it a secret from all except the humans and robots whose help

he required.

Certainly if the scientists on the Oversight committee learned of the time travel, it would never

remain a secret. The discovery would be too valuable for a committee of scientists to ignore.

Wayne Nystrom had discovered MC Governor’s development of time travel on his own, before

Hunter had learned of it. Hunter could not do anything about that.

“Hunter, city computer calling. The Governor Robot Oversight Committee is ready for your

conference call.”

“Thank you. Please connect me.”

As before, the faces of the four committee members appeared on Hunter’s internal video screen

in split portrait shots from their various locations. Everyone exchanged greetings. Then Hunter

began his report.

“The first five component robots are in custody and merged,” said Hunter.

“That’s great,” said Dr. Redfield, the tall blonde. “I suppose this has been an easy assignment for

you. You began less than two weeks ago.”

“I must repeat once again that past success does not predict the difficulty of the final mission,”

said Hunter. “As always, I cannot promise that the remainder of my work will be completed

within a similar period of time.”

“Where did this mission take place?” Dr. Chin asked. “Previously, you have reported quite a wide

range of locations around the world.”

“In northern China,” said Hunter. “On the border of Mongolia.” He remained deliberately vague

in his reports. So far, his reserve had forestalled persistent questioning from the committee

members.

“Northern China.” Professor Post nodded, idly stroking his black beard for a moment. “Well,

that’s interesting. Do you have a lead on MC 6?”

“I must investigate the British Isles,” said Hunter. “This is preliminary information.”

“Which one?” Dr. Chin asked.

“I shall begin in England. On previous missions, a certain amount of travel has been involved.”

“Wait a minute,” said Dr. Chin. “Haven’t you heard about the big explosion? Won’t that interfere

with your search?”

“I will take it into account as I make my plans,” said Hunter.

“Do you think MC 6 may have been destroyed in the explosion?” Professor Post asked calmly.

“It is an inescapable consideration,” said Hunter. “However, I can only proceed and find what i

may.”

“I am not surprised,” said Dr. Khanna, in his Hindi accent. “However, your work has been

completed very quickly to date. We are all impressed.”

“I must repeat that I can make no guarantee of my schedule to come,” said Hunter.

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“Yes, I heard you the first time,” said Dr. Khanna, with a trace of annoyance in his tone. “You

repeat that warning in every report. However, you continue to complete each mission in the same

length of time. What would make this final mission any different?”

“The explosion, and its after-effects,” said Dr. Redfield. “He may have a harder time now.”

“My original point remains valid,” said Hunter. “I have no prediction about the challenges that

my team will face. Anything can happen.” Hunter realized that he had made a mistake. Before, he

had never told the committee members that he was going to an area where a nuclear explosion

had occurred.

“We note your caution,” said Dr. Chin. “And as always, we wish you good luck.”

“That will be fine, Hunter,” said Dr. Redfield. “I suggest we allow you to get to work.”

“Thank you,” said Hunter. “I am ready to begin. Do you have any final questions?”

No one did.

“Good luck,” said Dr. Chin.

“Thank you. Good-bye.” Hunter broke the connection and turned to Steve, speaking aloud.

“Report completed.”

“Good!” Steve glanced impatiently at the closed door of the office. “So where’s our historian?”

“I expect her at any time.”

“All right, all right. What do we do in the meantime? Do we know what MC 6’s specialty was,

within MC Governor’s responsibilities? Jane always seemed to think that was important.”

“I have that information,” said Hunter. “The data the committee originally gave me about MC

Governor provides the original divisions of expertise among the gestalt robots. Since Jane

correctly identified the specialties of the first five component robots, I know by process of

elimination that MC 6 is the portion of MC Governor that specialized in maintaining social

stability among humans.”

“Yeah? What does that mean, exactly?”

“In Mojave Center, that meant keeping track of various human needs, not only for survival and

protection from harm, but for emotional satisfaction: leisure pursuits, choices of education and

career, and career organization to encourage challenges and accomplishments.”

“Okay. But Jane also used to guess that a component robot’s choice of where to hide related to

his specialty in Mojave Center.”

“Yes, I remember. Using the same sort of logic Jane expressed prior to earlier missions, I surmise

that MC 6 therefore deliberately fled with the question of social instability in mind. However,

England is an unusual case; since 1066, it has had a relatively high degree of stability for an Old

World nation, despite some occasional turbulence. However, I calculate that MC 6 will return to

his full human size from miniaturization in the late fifth century, in a time of extreme social

turmoil and political instability. Since he did not plan that, the timing is ironic, to say the least.”

Steve started to answer. When he heard footsteps approaching the office, he stopped and glanced

at Hunter, who nodded. Steve opened the door.

“Oh—you startled me.” Harriet smiled and came in as Steve stepped back. She was tall and

slender, about forty years old, with short, wavy brown hair.

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Hunter introduced them. “Harriet specializes in late Roman and post-Roman Britain.”

“I love the period,” Harriet said cheerfully. “And I’ve had my dinner and my vaccinations, as you

instructed. What comes next?”

“Have you both successfully taken your sleep courses in ancient British and Latin?” Hunter

asked.

“Yes,” said Harriet. “I was familiar with both languages, but the course will help me speak

them.”

“I took the British, too,” said Steve. “And I updated the Latin from our third mission because

Hunter said it had changed some in the centuries that had passed. But what is this British

language, anyhow? Did it turn into English later?”

“Not really,” said Harriet. “It’s the language that was spoken in Britain before the Romans

arrived, and it coexisted with Latin during their occupation. It later evolved into Welsh, Cornish,

and Breton. But what we call English was based originally on Anglo-Saxon and Norman

French.”

“But we’ll still need the Latin this time, too?” Steve asked.

“We’ll find a lot of Latin in the time we’re visiting,” said Harriet. “But it doesn’t stay for many

more years. Except for some monasteries and place names, Latin disappears and then reenters

English again much later.”

“Oh. Shows what I know about it.” Steve turned to Hunter. “Have you told Harriet about Wayne

and Ishihara? How they’re trying to beat us to MC 6 and why?”

“Yes, he has,” said Harriet. “He also told me that they kidnapped your friend Jane on your last

mission. I’m sure you’re worried about her.”

“Well, yeah. That’s true.” Steve looked at Hunter. “Can we go yet?”

“We will go to the Bohung Institute. The Security vehicle is waiting outside.”

“Good.”

Hunter drove them through the calm, clean streets of the underground city. Steve sat next to

Harriet, too tense to speak. The electric motor of the vehicle hummed softly as they drove by

humans and robots on their daily routines who were unaware that the secret of time travel, with

all its potential danger to change history, lay in their midst.

Before the first mission, Hunter had closed the Bohung Institute. He had arranged for a detail of

Security robots to guard it. They allowed his team inside, of course, and they walked to Room F-

12.

Steve looked around the familiar room. Room F-12 was a large facility that housed an opaque

sphere about fifteen meters in diameter. With its console, the sphere could both miniaturize

humans and robots to microscopic size and also send them back through time, in either normal or

microscopic condition. Countertops lined the rest of the room, filled with computers, monitors, a

communication console, and miscellaneous office equipment.

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Hunter introduced Harriet to R. Daladier, a robot he had left in the room to apprehend Wayne

Nystrom and Ishihara if they returned unexpectedly.

Steve waited anxiously, knowing the team would have to discuss the mission further and change

clothes before Hunter would actually take them back in time.

“I arranged to have period costumes made for us earlier today,” said Hunter. He pointed to four

neatly folded stacks of clothing on one counter. Four sets of leather boots stood next to them.

“Please check them for authenticity. No synthetics have been used.”

“I see four outfits,” said Steve. “We only have three of us this time.”

“We will take a full costume for Jane,” said Hunter. “I expect to find her, but she may need

period clothing. She left China in the time of Kublai Khan wearing a robe and trousers from that

culture.”

“Right.”

Harriet lifted a long, brown tunic and shook it out. “Tunics for you two. Wool, of course; that’s

right. A rope belt. Loosely cut, longer than kneelength. It looks fine.” She lifted another. “This

white undertunic is made of cotton. It was expensive in ancient Britain. A sign of prosperity. And

I see the shift I will wear under my wool gown is also made of cotton.”

“Underclothing of cotton will be fur more comfortable for you two than wool, fur, or any other

acceptable choice,” said Hunter. “I believe the comfort will increase your efficiency. Besides,

suggesting a hint of prosperity can be part of the roles we will play.”

“As you decide.” Harriet lifted her gown, also of brown wool. “Full-length, loose, and blousy...

long sleeves. Yes, this will be fine, too.”

“What about the boots?” Steve asked.

Harriet picked up one of them. “About these roles, Hunter. What are they?”

“From the historical data I have taken from the city library, I suggest that I play the role of a

horse trader from Gaul. You two will masquerade as my wife and servant. Unless you find a flaw

in this plan, I would like to say that I wish to move away from the crumbling, unstable Roman

Empire in Gaul and raise my horse herds in Britain.”

“Go on.” She put down the first boot and studied another one.

“I learned that southern England in this time has ideal horse-grazing land and that Artorius, the

man upon whom the legend of King Arthur was based, led a troop of cavalry. He would have to

be concerned about a reliable source of mounts for his men.”

“Hold it,” said Steve, grinning in spite of his eagerness to get on their way. “We aren’t taking any

horses with us. You can’t horse-trade without them.”

“I propose to say that I am looking for land in Britain before bringing my herd over the Channel,”

said Hunter. “Would this sound reasonable?”

“The boots are acceptable, too.” Harriet paused thoughtfully as she put the last boot down. “Yes,

your story will be plausible, though you could improve on it. However, bringing something to

trade would be more convincing. You could be an ironworker, a trader in silver, a soldier...the list

of possibilities is very long.”

“I chose the role after due consideration,” said Hunter. “I must playa role that will carry some

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prestige without having to take material objects into the past. We must take some coins and our

clothing, but every item we take increases the chance of influencing history in a way we do not

intend and cannot predict. The role of soldier might put Steve into greater danger than I would

prefer.”

“Ah—you’re a believer in chaos theory as applied to the events of history.” She smiled, amused.

“I no longer believe in the most pure and extreme form of chaos theory,” said Hunter. “My team

has made five missions into the past without altering our own time in any way that I can detect.”

“Good. Then you’re coming around to my way of thinking about this.”

“Not entirely,” said Hunter. “I tell each historian I hire that I do not know where the threshold of

significant change lies. If I can go into the past as a horse trader so that we do not have to take

any merchandise with us, then we take the least risk.”

“I do not believe in it at all,” said Harriet, casually. “But you’re the boss. I accept your priorities.”

“I still say a horse trader would take horses with him,” said Steve. “Even just one stallion to show

off. The people we see are going to expect that.”

“We can claim we brought a couple of horses that were lost in a storm as we sailed across the

Channel,” said Harriet. “That was not unheard-of in these times.”

“Am I correct in concluding that Artorius must value the source of his mounts?” Hunter asked.

“Oh, yes. The single greatest advantage the Britons have over the Saxons is their training in

Roman cavalry strategy and tactics. You see, the Saxons in this time are unmounted but

numerous. Artorius had to keep his men supplied with good, healthy horses.”

“Good,” said Hunter. He pointed to three cloth pouches on the counter. “We also have a small

pouch of coins from this period for each of us to carry.”

“Late Roman coins?” She pulled one open and drew out one of the coins. “Since we will claim to

have come from Gaul, that would be our currency. Britain primarily still uses the same, but some

native coins had to be minted, too.”

“Our coins are all late Roman. Also, we have a small bag for Steve to carry. It contains a change

of underclothing for each of you and some bread, cheese, and dried meat. I do not know how long

it will take us to find food for you.”

“It shouldn’t be too hard,” said Harriet. “Southern England remained heavily Romanized

culturally and densely populated for many years after the Romans left Britain on its own.”

Steve picked up the bag and looked inside. “Okay. I’ll put Jane’s clothes and boots in here.”

“I will prepare the console. Please take turns changing your clothes in the next room.”

Steve waited while Harriet changed first. Hunter walked to the console that controlled the sphere

and altered the settings. Steve began to pace again.

“Are you taking us back at night again?” Steve asked, glancing up at Hunter. “Since we’re

leaving in the evening?”

“I feel this works best,” said Hunter. “We arrive in near-darkness to avoid notice.”

“I’d rather go back in daylight so we can start looking for Jane right away.”

“You will be ready to sleep in several more hours,” said Hunter. “If we go back at a time that

conflicts with your own sleep schedule, then you and Harriet will be inefficient. Matching your

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schedule to arrive in daylight would now require waiting until tomorrow morning to leave.”

“Well—forget it, then. Let’s just go.”

Harriet returned from the other room, wearing her long gown and leather boots. “How do I look?”

“Very authentic,” said Hunter.

Harriet laughed lightly. “I don’t think that’s what I was asking, but thanks, anyway.”

Steve grinned but said nothing as he went to change in the adjoining room. He emerged wearing

the long tunics and boots, which felt similar to the tunic he had worn to ancient Germany in

Roman times.

“The console is ready,” said Hunter. “Harriet, you should know that I have the belt unit that will

trigger it, even from the time to which we are going. After we arrive, I will carry it in a hollow

space within my torso.”

“All right.” Harriet nodded, tugging at her gown to straighten it over her rope belt. “Hunter, when

we first discussed the mission, you told me we would visit the site of the archaeological dig now

known as Cadbury Castle in the time of Artorius. How about telling us now exactly when in time

our destination is?”

“And tell me where Cadbury Castle is,” Steve added. “I’m still in the dark.”

“Cadbury Castle lies in Somerset, in central southern England,” said Hunter. “The modern town

of South Cadbury lies immediately to the north. Farther north, but within sight, is the city of

Glastonbury. We will arrive on the evening of April 21, in A.D. 459.”

Steve grinned. “I still don’t know where we’re going, except that we’ll be in England.”

“It won’t be the England most people think of,” said Harriet “The Roman Empire left Britain to

fend for itself against invading barbarians in A.D. 410. The same Celtic tribes who lived there

before the Romans arrived still remained, but now they had a strong Roman cultural and military

influence. By A.D. 459, when we’ll arrive, the Britons will have been resisting the Saxons who

had invaded and settled along the Humber and Wash rivers in southeastern Britain for half a

century. The failing Roman Empire still just barely exists across the English Channel in Gaul.”

“I think I got the gist of that.” Steve shrugged, still grinning.

“I’m sure we’ll all manage just fine.”

Hunter opened the sphere. He helped Harriet climb inside first. By this time, the routine was

familiar to Steve; as always, he slid down the curved interior surface to the bottom, where Harriet

already sat. Hunter climbed in, closing the sphere after him to leave them in darkness.

Jane Maynard landed with a thump on wet grass. A cold drizzle fell from a dark, overcast sky.

She pushed herself up and brushed her long, brown hair out of her eyes. Wayne Nystrom got up

on her right; Ishihara, still holding her right arm in one hand, remained on her left.

“Foul weather,” Wayne muttered.

“Where are we now?” Jane demanded. A few moments ago by subjective measuring, Wayne and

Ishihara had forcibly taken her away from the palace grounds of Kublai Khan in thirteenth-

century China. First, to escape Hunter, they had simply jumped a few hours ahead, to the peasant

village where they had been staying. Then Wayne had taken a few moments to reset his belt unit

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