The Year of the Ransom
| First published | April 1988 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Novella |
| Series | Time Patrol #9 |
<b>From the front flap of the Walker first edition:</b> "In the year 1532, Francisco Pizarro and his band of conquistadors have captured the Inca Atahualpa. They are holding him for a huge ransom - two rooms full of silver and one room full of gold.
<p>In the year 1987, a young American woman take a day of relaxation after working all summer as a guide in the Galapagos Islands.
<p>In the year 1985, a wife in London worries and wonders whether she will ever see her husband again.
<p>In the year 1610, outlaws plan to steal the ransom of Atahualpa.
<p>In the peculiar world of the Time Patrol, all these events are tied together, and it is Manse Everard's job to sort them out and keep them from changing history.
<p>And a rogue conquistador with a stolen time machine may be more than Manse can handle!"
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1988 |
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The Year of the Ransom | Walker & Co. | Chapbook | |
| October 1991 |
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The Time Patrol | Tor | Collection | 399 |
| December 1991 |
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The Time Patrol | Tor / SFBC | Collection | 399 |
| January 1994 |
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La pattuglia del tempo | Interno Giallo / Mondadori | Collection | 427 |
| April 1994 |
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The Time Patrol | Tor | Collection | 399 |
| July 1995 |
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La pattuglia del tempo | Mondadori | Collection | 387 |
| 1997 |
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Die Chroniken der Zeitpatrouille | Heyne | Collection | 751 |
| July 2000 |
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La patrulla del tiempo | Ediciones B | Collection | 505 |
| July 2005 |
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La pattuglia del tempo vol. 2 | Mondadori | Collection | 288 |
| February 2006 |
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Time Patrol | Baen Books | Collection | 641 |
| March 2006 |
|
Time Patrol | Tantor Audio | Collection | |
| April 2009 | Time Patrol | Paw Prints | Collection | ||
| September 2011 |
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Time Patrol | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| February 2013 |
|
Door to Anywhere | NESFA Press | Collection | 453 |
| March 2015 |
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Die Chroniken der Zeitpatrouille | Heyne | Collection | |8 |
| March 2020 |
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Time Patrol | Tantor Audio | Collection | |
| March 2021 |
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Time Patrol | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | Collection | |
| March 2021 |
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Time Patrol | Tantor and Blackstone Publishing | Collection |