Fact mixes with fantasy as a hairless blue horse discovered in South Africa in 1860, grazing with a herd of zebra, becomes the object of a quest by a trio of unlikely time travelers. Rosina, an intrepid Victorian young lady, her fiance, Ned York, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London by his uncle, Richard III, and the irascible Olga from Czarist Russia must work together to obtain the horse from its owner, an amiable but none-too-bright English peer who has scandalized his neighbors by marrying a circus bareback rider. Along the way are visits to two bizarre fin de siecle Paris nightclubs...

The Universe is vast, with many challenges, but will we be overcome by the forces that oppose us? Will we need to reshape ourselves, and become something new and strange? Will we even recognize our own descendants? The stories in this first volume of the Antares Anthology explore these wide-ranging issues and many more. Some suggest solutions, others raise more questions. Each provides a Glimpse of an uncertain future where Humanity strives to achieve its destiny, or perish in the attempt. Hinc itur ad astra - From here, the path to the stars.