A scholar-cat tells the tale of Safa, the Czar's imprisoned son, and the witch -girl, Chingis, who has the ability to wander in many worlds and understand the message of the ghost drum. She hears Safa's cries and goes to rescue him.
The Time Tube has opened again between the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries, and a wedding is arranged between the Sterkarms and the Grannams, catching Andrea up in the disastrous consequences.
Having traveled to a sixteenth century border clan in England through a tunnel created by a twenty-first century company, Andrea must decide in which era she will live.
Having traveled to a sixteenth century border clan in England through a tunnel created by a twenty-first century company, Andrea must decide in which era she will live.
