Delenda Est

About this book

Manse Everard of the Time Patrol is on furlough in the Pleistocene Pyrenees, hunting mammoths and skiing beneath glacial skies. Bored with the outdoor life, he and his friend Piet Van Sarawak set their time scooter for the bright lights of New York, 1960, for a few days of carefree amusement. But the machine delivers them somewhere very different. The square around them is full of red-haired men in tartan kilts, steam-powered cars with figureheads, and police in coppery breastplates, all speaking a language neither agent recognises. This is not a milieu recorded anywhere in the Patrol's history. Within minutes the two travellers are fighting a mob, then in handcuffs. Delenda Est is a classic of time-travel science fiction by Poul Anderson, one of the genre's great storytellers. It is part of his celebrated Time Patrol cycle, in which agents guard history against those who would change it. Fast, witty and thoughtful, it asks what happens when the world you know has never existed at all. A must-read for fans of alternate history, paradox and adventure across the ages. Start reading online instantly in your browser at E-ComicBooks.com.

Author

Poul Anderson

Length

~53 pages

Reading time

1 h 4 min

Chapters

10

Released

November 11, 2026

Languages

🇬🇧 EN · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇷 PT-BR · 🇲🇽 ES-MX · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇦 UK · 🇨🇿 CS · 🇸🇰 SK · 🇬🇷 EL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇷🇸 SR · 🇸🇮 SL · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇪🇪 ET · 🇸🇪 SV · 🇩🇰 DA · 🇳🇴 NB · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇯🇵 JA · 🇰🇷 KO · 🇨🇳 ZH · 🇹🇼 ZH-TW · 🇮🇩 ID · 🇻🇳 VI · 🇹🇭 TH · 🇮🇳 HI · 🇸🇦 AR · 🇮🇱 HE

Formats

eBook

Print format

Paperback, 12.9 × 19.8 cm, 80 pages

Age rating

Teen 13+