The castaway on the interstellar aster- oid on the fringes of space's forbidden region proved to be disaster to his res- curers and an enigma to the leaders of Earth. Yet, at whatever cost, he was a puzzle that had to be solved, for he seemed to be the single being that was immune to the growing storm of dis- integration emanating from the Ursa Major constellation.

It would be up to this mind-blocked stranger, Ilmar, to solve his own mystery-but the further he penetrated into his own time-space pattern, the more he realized that he was the living embodiment of an ancient legend pointing to a date with destiny beyond the frontiers of known science.

Derived from the cosmic suggestions of the ancient Kalevala, this is a truly unusual novel of science, adventure, and fantasy.