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Assignment in Nowhere - an original novel with no previous magazine appearance. The viewpoint shifts to Johnny Curlon, a probablilty nexus. He's in serious trouble from some underworld heavies until Colonel Brion Bayard steps in and rescues him from a sinking boat... having followed those same heavies to find out what they were up to. It seems the heavies work for the Imperium, too. They were told to fetch Curlon, around whom great energies circled. His timeline was one a handful of viable ones surrounded by the Blight. The Blight has a way of nibbling at reality, and a probability storm was brewing. Baron General von Roosevelt saw in Curlon an opportunity to reshape the timelines to his own advantage. Only Bayard seemed to consider taking Curlon's side...