Project Gutenberg 2006-04-11 Public domain in the USA. 358 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly Time Crime Produced from Astounding Science Fiction Magazine February and March 1955 Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Time Crime" by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around the operations of the Paratime Police, tasked with investigating a sinister slave trade that transgresses multiple timelines. The protagonist, Kiro Soran, a guard captain, uncovers a chilling link between slaves bought at a plantation and their origins on a different temporal line, leading to a complex investigation that intertwines with various characters while grappling with moral dilemmas. The opening of "Time Crime" introduces readers to a plantation on the Third Level Esaron Sector, where Kiro Soran and Dosu Golan, the plantation manager, are involved in the purchase of a hundred slaves from a Calera dealer. As Soran observes the slaves, he realizes they are not local but from the Kholghoor Sector in India, suggesting they were kidnapped and brought through time for sale. This discovery prompts Soran to take action, alerting the Paratime Police and setting the stage for a deeper investigation into the criminal activities of the mysterious slave traders known as the Wizard Traders. The opening establishes a tense atmosphere and the gravity of the situation, hinting at the broader implications of time travel and ethics in the context of slavery and commerce. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery 256157 2025-08-07T14:27:34.898305 text/html 255861 2020-12-13T20:56:03 text/html 782511 2025-08-07T14:27:40.703284 application/epub+zip 785971 2025-08-07T14:27:36.875347 application/epub+zip 164906 2025-08-07T14:27:35.604302 application/epub+zip 904383 2025-08-07T14:27:43.625269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 887889 2025-08-07T14:27:39.962307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239362 2022-09-08T14:56:07.312742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239793 2025-08-07T14:27:34.344313 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 239668 2020-12-13T20:56:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 239664 2020-12-13T20:56:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21270 2025-08-07T14:27:43.768270 application/rdf+xml 10741 2025-08-07T14:27:36.104288 image/jpeg 2873 2025-08-07T14:27:35.853305 image/jpeg 90738 2020-12-13T20:56:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 693915 2020-12-13T20:56:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 90717 2020-12-13T20:56:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 762973 2025-08-07T14:27:34.957296 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia