Synopsis: From the front flap of the Gregg Press edition: "The Horn of Time collects six of Poul Anderson's most thoughtful and evocative stories. Included are one of the author's personal favorites, a vivid portrayal of a strange and haunting world ("The Horn of Time the Hunter"); the tale of a futuristic political assassin ("A Man to My Wounding"); a post cold-war political parable ("The High Ones"); a tragic reworking of an old Norse legend and the myth of the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ("The Man Who Came Early"); a relentless probe into the consequences of another kind of government by elite ("Marious"); and a voyage to a post-global holocaust world in which men have developed an ecologically sensitive, neo-Polyneian civilization ("Progress"). ... This first hardcover edition includes a new introduction by the author."