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Leo Frankowski - Conrad Starguard 2 - The High-Tech Knight

Book 2 of the Adventures of Conrad Starguard

Prologue

He unloaded the temporal canister, glanced quickly at his new
subordinate, reloaded it with his previous superior, and hit the
retrieve button. That had to be done quickly. Holding the canister in
2,548,950 B.C. was expensive.

He examined her frozen, nude body. It was just over four feet tall
and skinny. The skin was dark brown, the hair black and tightly
curled, the breasts small yet pendulous. An excellent imitation of a
type twenty-seven protohuman. The biosculptors had done a good
job.

He switched off her stasis field.

Her eyes opened, she stared shocked at the stalactites on the
ceiling of the cave. She noticed the naked brown man bending
over her, noticed her own nakedness and yelped, covering her
breasts and groin.

"Yeah, the uniform here is a bit skimpy." He chuckled. "The protos
haven't invented clothes yet, so what can we do? Hey. Don't look
so shocked. I'm not going to rape you. You're not my adolescent
fantasy any more than I'm yours."

"Damn it! I have five doctorates!"

"I'm sure your mother is very proud of you. Are any of them in
finding carrion or grubbing for grubs? Anything else isn't very
useful around here."

She glanced furtively at the cave's rock walls, at the torch that was
its sole illumination.

"What is this place? When is it? And who are you?" She was still
clutching her groin.

"You weren't briefed? This is anthropological research station fifty-
seven. The time is half past two.million B.C., and I am your
charming host, Robert McDougall. I'd tip my hat, but you see the
problem. The tribe here calls me 'Gack,' so you might as well, too.
No point in being formal when you're naked. I'll be your boss for
the next fifty years."

"Fifty years..."