Mark Elver, a terminally ill doctor, agrees to be the first time traveler with a destination some four centuries in the future. His first contact upon arrival is with a pair of children, but the world has more beyond them.
The birthplace of time-travel, a collection of huts huddled together well away from the main campus, did not look impressive. A cheap sign nailed to the paint-hungry door stated ‘Dept., of Physics—Project Four’, below that a thumb-tacked notice, the lettering faded added a little more information: ‘Go away. If you must, ring bell.’

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  1. Bound in Time by D. F. Jones (Granada, 1982).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by D. F. Jones