Masters of Time Author:A. E. Van Vogt The lure no woman could resist. Norma had been a failure, aging and discouraged. Now she was a slave to the masters of time. If she obeyed them, she would regain the lost years. — Original title, in magazine serial, was Recruiting Station. Also published by Ace Books as Earth's Last Fortress. — A recruitin... more »g station; a storefront in the heart of a big-city downtown. Young men can volunteer to join the armies of a beleaguered new democracy overseas. But the recruitment is a scam. Each volunteer goes, not to the Calonian army, but through a pulsing machine which moves them hundreds of centuries up the time line, to become cannon fodder in a war which is shaking the universe. Two present-day humans are taking on this mammoth military machine. Their chances are miniscule. Their only hope is to save a few lives before giving up their own. But playing tricks with Time can lead to unexpected results.« less