The Shattered Saga continues as Rachel and Davidson listen to Gillan's story of their mission to the early twenty-third century. After listing to the tale Rachel and Davidson jump to that time but are captured by James and taken to meet the Emperor. Rachel confronts a temporal duplicate of Davenport but she finds out that her kidnapped companion Amy has been brainwashed to join Davenport in his efforts to control all of time. Once again Rachel continues to tell her story.