The Man Who Mastered Time (Matter, Space, and Time Trilogy Book 3)

351 pp. Ray Cummings was a scientific prodigy who learned all the physics Princeton had to teach in just a few months, served as a personal assistant to Thomas Edison, and packed a surprising number of adventures into his early life. He began writing for pulp fiction magazines after his time with Edison, and did much to increase the popularity of the genre at the time. Young inventory Loto Rogers discovers, along with his father, a way to see through time. After catching a glimpse of a beautiful girl named Azeela held captive in a desolate, ice-covered future version of New York 28,000 years away, Loto builds a 'time-plane' to rescue her. Upon his arrival, he finds a world fraught with deadly weapons and constant danger, eventually taking a leading role in a futuristic combat of hate and greed.