WEAPONIZING TIME A ferocious storm lashes Skellig Michael , a barren piece of rock in the North Atlantic west of Ireland. Stranded and alone, Bill and Julie must spend the night in an ancient stone hut. After enduring the tempest's fury, they discover a mysterious scroll inside their hut that had not been there when they went to sleep. Written on Skellig Michael by a "Brother Niall" 1400 years in the past, the scroll describes the visit of two strange beings from a distant star who had given the monk a magical box containing a wondrous assortment of gifts to help mankind. But when his abbot returned to the island and heard Niall's story, he accused the brother of consorting with the Devil and condemned him to death. Unwilling to recant, Niall secretly penned and hid the missive before the abbot and other friars drowned him in the ocean, chained to the very instrument of their fear: Pandora's Box . Unbeknownst to Bill and Julie, by uncovering the truth of Niall's message, they have set into motion a series of events that trigger not only an interplanetary crisis but an existential one, which changes the history of our world as well as the whole universe.