"Four . . . three . . . two . . . " The time jump is suddenly aborted-Jack Flint gasps as his plans to return to Rattlesnake Wash disappear into thin air. But Nicolas Wycliffe, teen scientist, wastes no time-he's off to his laboratory to find more chronomium to fix the mess the Timesnatcher has created. High on a Norwegian mountaintop, Annabelle Dibble runs along a trail trying to forget her disappointments. But, her path will lead her to an unexpected friendship, a new time dimension and a challenge which will tax every faculty she possesses. Meanwhile, Commander Two has his own set of troubles. Security at Pole Star Base has been breached and Federation planes are heading over the Atlantic on a steady course toward Norway, toward the rebel base. Their mission: Destroy the Coalition of Liberty.