The peace of the Land Apart from Time is shattered when the six-year cycle of weather brings a storm that propels a pirate ship over the treacherous coral reefs that shelter the island from unwanted intruders.
Flinx, an orphan with extraordinary mental powers, lands in deadly trouble when he travels to the planet Alaspin hoping to learn the truth about his mysterious past, and finds he has been followed by an assassin squad.
