The Mages of Columbus have been hunted down and destroyed. Only one man remains to fight the technological incursion - Dr Jeremy Rastus ('Doc' to his friends), a Son of Ether.
But when a strange message appears on his time-writer telling him to expect two new Scientists and a Shaman, his hope is restored. Can the new Mages halt the progress of the Technocratic Union?
Or will they, too, be sucked in to the Maelstrom?