On Holy Mother Mars, the terraformed] climate is failing and mankind seems doomed. The young monk Brother Farr is startled by a sneak visit into Graniston Domes by wild-eyed exile Shan the Heretic, who tells of the looming assassination of the Popess. Moments later, Shan is killed by temple police, and his secrets die with him. An assassination of such magnitude will throw the entire planet into turmoil unless the renegade Duke Balesso can be stopped. NOTE: contact with Earth was lost ages ago, and the Mars humans believe they were brought to their holy planet by gods]. Farr begins an epic journey fraught with danger, intrigue, and ancient mysteries. His quest for Truth takes him through the valleys and kingdoms of Mars, and into a transit world (the Temporale) outside time and space. Brother Farr travels to the past and future, meeting the historical H.G. Wells in Victorian Gaslamp London. Farr journeys eons back in time to learn a fundamental secret about Mars that will change mankind forever. In the far distant future, at the end of time, he visits the City of En--whose agents are desperately tweaking and working the Temporale to save their city--it is in danger of disintegrating as time dissolves around it due to a long-ago temporal war. Besides Brother Farr, we meet his tragic childhood love Sudie; a stern abbot hiding family secrets; the two military priestesses Trinity and Singularity; a doomed king; a pair of gloriously charismatic lady popes; and a host of other strongly crafted, breathing, and engaging characters. Epic in scope, breathtakingly bold in its concepts, this novel is a worthy first in the Time Train series--from the best-selling author of 'Robinson Crusoe1,000,000 A.D.', 'Monopol City', and 'Nebula Express'.