Two men, Paxton Frost and Ignatius, are joined and separated by centuries. Paxton is the illegitimate son of a born again christen woman. An expert in baryogenesis, he joins a team in England testing M theory. Socially inept and emotionally immature, he finds security, if no comfort, in social isolation. Ignatius is the bastard son of the Duke Despensers. After he comes of age, he enters into religious life. Second son to the duke, he is determined to live life and experience the world according to his rules. An accident in a test sends Paxton falling into medieval England. He is barely able...