Prologue

In June 2026 the Soviet Union has won the Cold War and controls most of what was once the United States, a territory the occupiers call Soviet America. Scattered resistance groups answer with unpredictable sabotage and occasional bombings aimed at the occupying forces and those who work with them.

Paul deVere, an MIT astrophysicist, and Lewis Ginter, a former special operations officer, uncover a subatomic particle that pushes matter beyond the speed of light and opens passages through time. Their device, the Accelechron, can send a person through one of these wormholes. Joined by activists from New England, they plan a bold journey back to the early 1960s to change the direction of American history.

Their scheme must slip past Soviet intelligence agents Igor Rostov and Natasha Nikitin, while their own allies grow increasingly wary of them. When the attempt finally comes, they must face not only the nation's past but also their own personal histories.