The fourth book in the Tranum series. The Western portion of what used to be called the United States of America had been laid waste. A dissident organization named S.T.E.M. had initiated this attack to destroy facilities involved in 'temporal manipulation' experiments. Their purpose was to ensure that the government leaves the timeline alone. Tranum X. Weiss and his life mate, Bethany, found themselves tragically trapped in his 'nuclear hardened' laboratory. Tranum was, quite simply, the only man that had 'as yet' travelled in time. This was made possible by an accident that had left a temporal imprint on the cells within his body. Having lived in the early 1900s, and in the 1940s, as well as having served as a Marine officer in World Wars of those time periods, it became clear to Tranum that he was the only person that could fix this situation. His plan was to go back in time and manipulate the leader of S.T.E.M. At risk was his life, the life of his mate, and the billions of people that were killed by the blasts. Would he succeed? Would he have to kill the leader? How would it effect his own timeline? And what would become of the life that he had made for himself?