Somewhere in a far galaxy a being inconceivably alien is surging tumultuosly from an unimaginable womb. On Earth a magician weaves his musical spells and tries to close his mind to the thoughts of others. They are links in a chain stretching across space and time toward a testing as awesome as it is unpredictable.

She was the cosmic wild card-and she travelled through time and space from hand to winning hand.