Tremendous knowledge has enabled the Empire of Isher to rule over the Universe. Only one institution obstructs its total control - The Weapons Shops. The Shops arm and defend the free people against their formidable ruler, but facing a perilous attack, the allies of the Shops are nearing collapse.

As the defense of the Shops is about to crumble, McAllister, a reporter from the twentieth century hurled through a vast time-warp, arrives in 4875. McAllister possesses an uncontrollable time-energy force capable of total destruction, unless the Weapon Shops' founder, Robert Hedrock, can pull off a miracle. The pendulum of Time swings more wildly as the fabric of space time begins to shred...