Snatched from the 16th century by the U.S. military's Project Vulcan, the Elizabethan explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert awakens to find himself a prisoner in New Jersey. After establishing a telepathic link with his fellow DTIs (Distressed Temporal Immigrants), including a magical Egyptian priestess named Tari, a Norse giant from 11th century Greenland, and a dancer from ancient America, Sir Humphrey executes the most astonishing escape in (and out of) history.