Book Two of the Rivers of Time series. Aidan is in boarding school and to fund his term, he takes to the rooftops of London to rob high-rises but makes the mistake of breaking into the offices of one of the Queen's Council Barristers and is caught on CCTV. Detective Inspectors from the Yard track him down and to escape them, he flees out the window of his room only to lose his footing and fall to his death. He wakes in the year 1483 in time to rescue the two young princes of the Tower and spirit them away to a new life in Holland. Richard the III sends him back to London and he is finally re-united with his family only to be kidnapped by the British Secret service who are interested in his life and death abilities.