Max, an experienced snatcher of Valuables from the past, joins with newbie Nichole to snatch the author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry from his death in World War II.
Fifty percent of snatchers don’t return from their first. Why? Because time is a malevolent killer that tries to eradicate us when we jaunt. But you know all that.

Variants

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  1. “The Snatchers” by Edward McDermott, in Analog, March/April 2017.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Edward McDermott