Wrenched together across parallel worlds, seafarer Helen and her cousin, Malcolm, a Rannoch Moor Ranger, are estranged by their different reactions: Helen wants to turn time back, Malcolm embraces his new present. But who is the mysterious businessman chartering the Russian-owned yacht on which Helen works? What is the real aim of the expanding quantum computing plant on Rannoch Moor? And where have two outlandish strangers suddenly appeared from? Soon the cousins are each drawn into a multi-dimensional conspiracy, involving love and drugs and quantum futures. As the solstice approaches, they must cooperate to combat a sorcerer's overwhelming powers.