Rog has always felt out of place among the hard, instinct-driven people of his river tribe, but his difference becomes destiny when he discovers a gigantic silver sphere buried in the mountains. Inside, he finds a strange, ordered world of images and machinery that seems to trace humanity's rise from primitive beginnings to towering civilization, then onward to war, ruin, and the eerie preservation of knowledge for a future age. Terrified yet fascinated, Rog returns again and again, stealing glimpses of inventions and secrets left by a vanished people who tried to save mankind from its own destruction. As his understanding grows, Rog secretly befriends Lo, the only tribesperson who seems to share his hunger for something better. He also encounters Johann Adam, a man believed dead, and learns the sphere was built by survivors to rebuild civilization after catastrophe. But Rog's growing vision draws the jealousy and violence of his tribe, especially Luk-no and Sarak, who punish him and threaten everything he has learned. In a desperate struggle, Rog fights for his life, his leadership, and the chance to guide his people toward a wiser future. When Time Rolled Back is a vivid science-fiction tale of lost knowledge, tribal brutality, and the fragile hope that humanity can begin again. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.

À propos de l'auteur

Repp, Ed Earl

Ed Earl Repp was an American writer whose life and career were closely tied to the energetic world of pulp fiction, where imagination, speed, and a keen sense of wonder mattered above all. Working in the early and mid-twentieth century, he became known for producing lively stories that blended adventure, speculation, and human drama, helping to shape the popular reading culture of his era. His fiction often explored scientific possibility, strange transformations, and the unsettling consequences of progress, reflecting a period when technology was rapidly changing everyday life and readers were eager for stories that pushed beyond the familiar. Repp’s work stands out for its accessibility and momentum, but also for the way it captures larger anxieties and hopes about the future, identity, and the limits of human control. That combination gives his writing lasting relevance today, especially for readers interested in how earlier science fiction grappled with questions that still matter: what happens when innovation outpaces wisdom, how individuals adapt to change, and why the past continues to haunt the present. Though he may be less widely remembered than some of his contemporaries, Repp remains an important figure in the history of American popular fiction, representing the vitality of pulp-era storytelling and its influence on later speculative literature. Readers who enjoy classic science fiction, vintage adventure tales, and fast-moving stories with an old-fashioned sense of wonder are especially likely to appreciate him.