Dreamy middle-schooler Bon is having an odd day, seeing a tragedy that didn't happen, a girl falling off a roof, and a mutant yellow floating jellyfish. Knowing too much, the Time Patrol decrees Bon's existence must be erased from history.
Time Patrol apprentice Bon learns the rules and the ropes of traveling through time and space. Ream and Bon receive their first assignment: A mission of mercy, rescuing and reuniting a mother and son in 1947 Tokyo.
Bon and Ream travel to Luxor, Egypt in 2592 BC to save pyramid architect Thoth from becoming trapped in his own labyrinthine creation. The Time Patrol agents run into trouble with a tomb raider harboring a secret of his own.
Bon and Ream serve as guardian angels to an ancient seafarer drifting alone across the Pacific Ocean in a dugout canoe circa 800 BC. Keeping their assistance within the rigid bounds of the Rules of Time Navigation presents many challenges.
A seventeenth century forest-dwelling herbalist is accused of being a witch by a spurned lover. Bon and Ream are dispatched to 1644 France to prevent Celine from being tortured and burned at the stake for a crime she never committed.
Bon and Ream travel to seventh century China to ensure the safety of a young boy accompanying the Buddhist monk Xuanzang on his iconic Journey to the West through the treacherous Tian Shan mountains.
Bon and Ream travel back to 1500 BC to rescue a young Athenian couple from being sacrificed to the Minotaur on Crete. King Minos proves a formidable opponent to their plans, however, and double that for the beast lurking in the labyrinth.
Bon's dreary school assignment dovetails with his and Ream's mission to prevent a young kamikaze pilot from sacrificing his life in the waning weeks of World War II.
Journeying to the Jurassic Age on their annual vacation, Bon and Ream ride dinosaurs and explore prehistoric North America. The party's over, however, when they discover a rip in time and learn they are not alone.
The Time Patrol travel to the Old West town of Tombstone, Arizona in May 1881 to rescue young gunslinger James Wright from a bushwhacker ambush. Bon's uncanny resemblance to "Babyface Jim" wins him an unwanted invitation to the gunfight.
Bon and Ream's mission is saving wounded soldiers in the epic Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. The unintended historical consequences of Bon's good intentions require him to take the place of marathon-running messenger Pheidippides.
Rescuing author Ambrose Bierce at the end of time is Bon and Ream's capstone assignment. The adept agent and her able apprentice face formidable challenges on the torrid and tumultuous planet that countless eons earlier they called home.
