When Kwame Norman awakens to a nightmare of frosty bats, Nouse-Mouse (the virtual computer mouse from the magical land of KaleidoKen) identifies them as Time Vampires. These vampires, he informs Kwame, don't suck blood--they suck time. Kwame's father, a scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has become one of their prime victims. And now they've turned their attention to feasting on the minutes and hours of Kwame's life. To save his father and himself, Kwame must hazard a kaleidoscope adventure. He barely has time to panic before Nouse-Mouse sends him and...