A powerful sorcerer of the Tikatu Brotherhood has escaped into the past. His goal: fulfill an ancient prophecy to rid the world of God. Now only soul hunter and U.S. Marshal Jim Mercantile stands in his way. Outgunned, outclassed, and surrounded by enemies. Jim must find and destroy the M'chival, a mystical device that can enact the prophecy, before the sorcerer captures it and uses it to re-create the world in the Brotherhood's image. But time is running out for Jim, and as he races against the powers and principalities that seek to possess the M'chival for their own evil purposes, he comes to realize that this battle cannot be won without sacrifice. And the price of this sacrifice may be more than Jim can afford to pay.