Magic breathed from a thousand years catches 12 year old Scott Raynall in an adventure beyond his imagination across frozen wastes that traverse not only middle England, but time itself. Catapulted into a quest to save his mother, he skifts through time, facing sword, cannon, ghosts and deep enchantment.
Setting off with new found friend Gavin Knight a man who Scott perceives already to be more than he seems he travels back through time witnessing the Civil War, the execution of Piers Gaveston, and finally the depredations of Stephen and Mathilda's Anarchy. But it is the intertwining of Arthur's realm Logres and the enchantresses of Avalon that becomes Scott's most pressing concern, and his quest to save his mother quickly becomes a desperate adventure to save time itself.