Together M'Cord and the others descended the great stone steps carved out of the rock incalculable aeons ago. It was only as they approached the valley floor that they saw that the desert seen from above was an illusion created by the thick mist masking what lay below.

Ahead of M'Cord, the wolf-like Martian outlaw who had brought the expedition this far hesitated a moment. Then he plunged through the mist and disappeared.

Now it was M'Cord's turn to follow... to discover and master the ultimate secret of Mars and the universe... or else be destroyed by the dark forces that ruled - THE VALLEY WHERE TIME STOOD STILL.