UNDER THEIR FEET, THE GROUND SEEMED TO TREMBLE. A FLASH OF LIGHTNING, QUIVERING GROUND, AND, INSTEAD OF HER GRANDPARENTS` FARM, POLLY SEES MIST AND JAGGED MOUNTAINS -- AND COMING TOWARD HER, A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN CARRYING SPEARS. WHY HAS A TIME GATE OPENED AND DROPPED POLLY INTO A WORLD THAT EXISTED 3,000 YEARS AGO? WILL SHE BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE PRESENT BEFORE THE TIME GATE CLOSES -- AND LEAVES HER TO FACE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HUMAN SACRIFICE?