Scotch had worked for the Air Force for most of his adult life, but nothing in his training prepared him for what would happen over the course of a double-shift during the Christmas holidays... not so far away, in Earth's distant future. He was to meet the rarely-glimpsed subject of fables & legends... a mysterious stranger known as stealthpilot1 - who would prove to appear in shape & form... uncannily similar to Scotch. The two of them, working together, were to shape the course of humankind. Date 48 offers a unique perspective to the question, "How many hours in a day?" At the same time it sheds new light on the subject, the book also introduces you to stealthpilot1 - someone you may or may not already be familiar with... or have met before.