It's springtime in the Eternal City, 1635. But it's no Roman
holiday for uptimer Frank Stone and his pregnant downtime wife, Giovanna.
They're in the clutches of would-be Pope Cardinal Borgia, with the real
Pope - Urban VII - on the run with the renegade embassy of uptime
Ambassador Sharon Nichols and her swashbuckling downtime husband, Ruy Sanchez de
Casador y Ortiz. Up to their necks in papal assassins, power politics, murder,
and mayhem, the uptimers and their spouses need help and they need it
quickly!