Time is the Simplest Thing

Space travel has been abandoned in the twenty-second century. It is deemed too dangerous, expensive, and inconvenient—and now the all-powerful Fishhook company holds the monopoly on interstellar exploration for commercial gain. Their secret is the use of "parries," human beings with the remarkable telepathic ability to expand their minds throughout the universe.

On what should have been a routine assignment, however, loyal Fishhook employee Shepherd Blaine is accidentally implanted with a cop...