Prompted by the evil Cult of the Unmaker, Eridon’s megalomaniacal ruler starts a war with the Etiran Empire. Adelrid Merylon then needs little encouragement to enforce martial law on Eridon and her colonies so he can round up his enemies. All the half-castes and their friends are forced into hiding.
A serious accident at Rhys Kelly's work effectively ends his human existence and he is buried alive. In a near-death coma, Rhys undergoes a bizarre molecular change. Unconsciously he sends out waves of terror to his new race - the Eridons, begging for aid.
Two hundred years after the Third Reich’s last leader was deposed, archaeologists finally gather up the money and resources to explore his mysterious underground bunker. To their horror they discover that it is still in use. The last leader did not die but managed to transfer his consciousness into his super-computer.
Using her Crystal to gain passage through Eridon’s force-field, the evil Warlord of Etiros invades the peaceful planet. W’taa Ofdrin Kitirrith’s hardened warriors easily overrun the unprepared world and take the Great Council prisoner. However the man most wanted by the Warlord, Adelrid Merylon, inventor of the time-ships, manages to escape her clutches.
On their return trip to Eridon, Heathcliff and his five half-caste friends fall through a mysterious wormhole and land on an alternate Earth where the Nazis achieved world domination.
What do a condemned English pirate, an illiterate Scottish girl, a mute French nun, a young Australian prostitute and a Greek juvenile delinquent have in common?
They are all human/Eridon half-castes, and the Great Council of Eridon believes that they will be able help save their planet from invasion by the ruthless Warlord of Etiros.
Beautiful young Catriona Neville, named after her great Aunt Catriona the Pure, is anything but sweet and innocent. She reads forbidden books, runs away from home and dreams of being a wild adventuress. She is betrothed to be married to a pleasant, but shy young man named Edward, and although she likes him, he is simply not exciting enough. She yearns for someone darker and far more mysterious.