The Year of the Ransom

<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!"