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There is a limit to how perfect a counterfeit can be—a limit that cannot be passed without an odd phenomenon setting in....

In this classic 1962 science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz, Dr. Halder Leorm and his wife Kilby are sent to infiltrate the Federation of the Hub. But the humans are waiting for them.

James H. Schmitz was a popular science fiction writer of the 1960s. Most of his work was originally published in science fiction magazines and later anthologized or expanded into novels. Schmitz is probably best known for his novel The Witches of Karres.

The Winds of Time was originally published in Analog in 1962. It was recently released by Baen Books as part of the anthology The Hub : Dangerous Territory.

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