In a future where mankind’s civilization is collapsing in every corner of the solar system, ex-criminal James Griffin-Mars is one of the Chronmen who mines the past—from a space-opera 22nd century to a Big Brother autocracy to Nazi Germany—for whatever scrap might rescue humanity.
Then he pulled out the recently engraved Time Law Charter and lingered on it, his fingers brushing the inscriptions. He had found what he was looking for.

Variants

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  1. Time Salvager by Wesley Chu (Tor Books, July 2015).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Wesley Chu