Bill Arena was in one of life's deep valleys. His law practice was floundering, his marriage was going south, and his children still needed his help as they entered adulthood. Out of his past comes a high school friend, now a brilliant physicist, who has expanded on Einstein's theory of relativity and invented a machine that makes time travel possible. This device is also capable of leaving terrible effects upon the world. The control of the machine passes to Bill, who chooses to use it for his own personal gain, unleashing a chain of unforeseen events that disrupt his life, the life of his family and everyone around him. Bill wrestles with how to cope with the havoc caused by his fall from grace.