Holding Pattern

Holding Pattern
"Holding Pattern" by Scott Harrison is a story in the anthology A Romance in Twelve Parts edited by Stuart Douglas for Obverse Books.

Synopsis
Amidst the usual friction between neighbouring stellar empires, a small team of humans find evidence of disruptions to recorded history. Disruptions that could be laid at the door of forces beyond mundane humanity. Vast forces capable of manipulating time itself. Specifically a force known as Faction Paradox...