Jack, the King's Tramp, has returned to his native Earth. With his witnesses from Kemolo—our Earth—he has delivered warning of the coming Epicene. But neither The Mage of Four nor the Epicene can be found. If the Mage cannot be stopped, the Epicene will fulfill the awful purpose for which it was born. Jack must walk once more. Perhaps his skill at causing fortuitous “accidents” will somehow pull everything together.