The End of Eternity

the long version

His name is Andrew Harlan. He is an Eternal - a member of a highly exclusive organisation. He is a Technician, and his job is to range through past and future centuries, monitoring and even altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. The reality changes Harlan initiates may affect the lives of up to fifty billion people. Above all, therefore, a technician must be Dispassionate. An emotional make-up is a distinct handicap. But whan he meets Noys, Harlan falls victim to a phenomenon old