Genocide on his home planet drove Scorpio to take a blind leap into time and space - only to land on Earth in the year 1351, in a medieval city full of violence and intrigue. Scorpio found a friend in the young and beautiful Leah de Bernay, who is herself pursued by enemies: her father has been wrongfully accused of murder and thrown into prison. As Scorpio and Leah race to prove her father's innocence, they are chased by the mysterious and vicious hunters - the deadly assassins who drove Scorpio from his home planet. They know that Scorpio traveled through time with the help of a glowing orb of power, and they mean to have it. Pursued at every step by the Hunters, Scorpio and Leah must decipher the secret of the orb to save themselves and Scorpio's home planet from destruction.