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Max, a thirteen-year-old boy, has the rare genetic ability to travel back in time. This ability is unpredictable because it manifests itself during adolescence. Following his adoption, he is thrown back in time to World War II during operation Market Garden and must make allies in order to survive. His life is thrown into complete disarray while he is gone as secrets are revealed and conspiracies come to pass. In order to save his new family and much more, he must endure, find his way back, and embark on an adventure to find a man he knew during his time in World War II.

This is a collection of seven contemporary robot tales written by some of today's most acclaimed science fiction authors. A sentient war machine combs a beach for trinkets to create memorials for its fallen comrades in the Hugo Award-winning story, "Tideline", by Elizabeth Bear. In "Balancing Accounts", by James Cambias, a small-time independent robotic space tug is hired by a mysterious client for a voyage between two of Saturn's moons.