Commander Ruth Mae McKenna is about to make history. Her own, that is. With the flip of a switch, McKenna will plunge headlong into an infinite field of wandering space time, a journey not only across vast distance but also into the far flung future, leaving all that she has ever known in her wake, transforming present to long ago past in the wink of an eye. Is it such a large price to pay as we reach for the stars? Only Commander McKenna can say for sure.