I'm glad I picked this story based on it's name because it did not dissapoint me. It's basically about a man tracing his ancestral roots back to a British Navy captain responsible for battling slavetraders. But the catch is that he (and a female camerawoman) are watching the event that made his ancestor famous via a time machine for the sake of capturing the truth of the event for historians of the future to see.
I'm amazed to see a story combining 2 of my favorite things: naval combat and time travel. The clash between the slavers and the Navy was so epic that it was easy for me to forget this was a sci-fi short story in the first place. Now that I think about it, this story goes a step further than Against the Current did in terms of 'fulfilling time travel fantasies' for me. I can honestly say that i would sign up to be a Chrononaut without much hesitation.
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