Violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she has known and loved in one devastating night, coming into possession of a dangerous thing that opens passages between space and time. Nicholas Carter, a sailor fleeing the powerful Ironwood family in the colonies, becomes Etta's protector. Together they journey across centuries and continents, following the clues of a mysterious traveler who knows that Etta's time traveling object must not fall into the Ironwoods' hands.

Sequel: Wayfarer.