Time is tearing apart. The Earth and every soul on it are not just gone -- they never even existed. Jon Ryan's hopes of pulling off yet another miracle are evaporating like drops of rain on hot desert sands. His improbable team that has to work together by all rights should have no chance of doing so. There's an astronomer forced to become the reluctant commander-in-chief. A young academic must captain a cantankerous alien ship that is Jon's only shot at victory. A college student who communes with the dead learns she is mysteriously the key to any potential success. And Sapale is a held prisoner by the most arrogant and malevolent race of time masters imaginable. There is no way matters can get worse for Jon. But that's simply because things are as bad as they can be. And somewhere in time and space hides the last time ship of the alien clan that began the time war, commanded by a stark-raving lunatic. If our heroes can find and destroy that threat, there is no way they can proceed with their mission of reanimating the lost Earth. Oh, boy.Follow the action as Jon needs to be more clever than he ever has been. More clever than he has any right to be. He's had dark hours before to be certain. But he might just have run into an unbeatable set of obstacles that will end his lucky streak, not to mention his life. If you're a fan of the Ryanverse, you'll need to read Fragmented Time. Hurry, before there's no time left at all.