When Robbie’s tenure comes to an end as a historical researcher at the Bridenbaugh Institute, he’s offered the chance to actually study the Great Depression in person—but only because another wacko has gone back to change history.
Yes, but to do it, you are letting a kidnapper brutally murder a child. There’s a moral case for Akako’s actions.

Variants

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  1. “Boomerang” by Russell James, in Out of Time: Five Tales of Time Travel, by Janet Guy et al Unknown publisher, 2013 [e-book].
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Russell James