Dmitriy Borisovich Almazov, direktor avtobazy, nakhodyas' v otpuske i otdykhaya na sobstvennoy dache, voley sluchaya, okazalsya v meste otkrytiya vremennogo portala imenno v tot samyy moment, kogda ot udara molnii sozdalis' obyazatel'nye i neobkhodimye usloviya dlya otkrytiya vremennogo portala i poyavleniya energeticheskoy voronki portala v kotoruyu neizvestnoy siloy vtyanulo Dmitriya Borisovicha i provalilo v proshloe na sorok let. Kak udalos' prozhit' eti dni v proshlom, kakie vstrechi byli u Dmitriya Borisovicha i kak emu udalos' vernut'sya nazad v svoye vremya i rasskazyvaetsya v etoy knige.