In this continuation of the adventures of Neil MacBruce and the Dropa books, time becomes a strange companion. Surions from the future invade the world of the Surions in the present and and take what is not theirs. Although the current technology within the Inner and Outer Circle of Planets is of no help, Neil MacBruce and Explorer's Captain Jon Varkon decide to find the means to track the thieves down. Enlisting the aid of the Dropa and an alien race of time travelers called "Torellians," they and Explorer's crew set out to retake what was stolen, not sure if they will succeed in their mission or be caught and lost in one or more of time's paradoxes.

Other books by the same author:
"The Book in the Loft" "The Necklace" "Journey's End"
"The Awakening" "The Mission" "Assassin's Time Out of Time"
"Beyond the Unknown"