Fifteen-year-old Elijah Lucas is a genius-level chess champion and black belt in karate who assumes he's better than everyone else in the world. In this world, that is. Unfortunately, on the first day of his suspension for fighting, Elijah wanders into the woods, out of his world and into several other time periods. Young Elijah has a lot to learn, and the past is about to be his teacher. Only after his perilous return home does Elijah learn the master plan behind his journey. His brave and courageous acts in the past have changed history and impact the present in ways he never could have imagined. Sometimes you just don't know what will happen when it's time to run.