There's an old saying, "All roads lead to Rome." Well in this case, all roads lead to Hamish MacKinnon's farmstead in Maine. Rory McGregor is being haunted by dreams of a house and the people who occupy it. At times, he feels he is the person in the dream. He Wonders what is causing the dreams. An invitation to a ninetieth birthday part for James McDonald, a distant relative, contains a strange message. James insists that he traveled from 1941 to 1892. While he was there he met Rory who told hi they would meet this year at his birthday party. James provides Rory with a journal that tells an unbelievable story of time travel. He asks Rory to go back to before World War I and bring his son forward to the present so he won't die in the war. With his sister, Erin, Rory embarks on an improbable journey into the past in an attempt to change history.