John Sandoval

Poul Anderson, "The Only Game in Town" IN Anderson, Time Patrol (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 129-171.

We summarized a few Time Patrol mini-bios a while back. Here is another:

John Sandoval, Native American

born, 1930;

military experience, Korea;

GI bill college education;

contacted by the Patrol;

ethnic Specialist, tracing, e.g., Athabascan migrations;

friend of Unattached Manse Everard.

That friendship leads to a harrowing mission for both men. (But not tonight, folks!)

"'It may be a crooked game,' Everard said, 'but it's the only one in town!'" (7, p. 171)

Lost innocence: the persistent theme of the Time Patrol series.