Major Brett Hostam is a member of the Delta Force. His new assignment takes him to a strange, highly selective training course. The academic and physical classes are challenging. On the course, Brett is known only as 2023-5C. Simone Harris, assigned the designation 2023-4D, is also training. She is seconded from the CIA.
If they succeed, they will join the Temporal Investigations Department (T.I.D.). Several other candidates do not make it.
Selection and capability are the key criteria. Most people cannot time-travel. Consequently, there are very few active agents conducting missions across the ages.
A secret chamber transports them and their new boss, Todd Caraway, 2,000 years into the past. Each stage of the training is a test to see if they have the capability and can survive the experience. Their instructor in a Canadian wilderness cabin is the enigmatic Krista Lysander, whose own past is complicated.
They are learning about TID, its competitors, missions, chambers, and the time line. They also learn how mistakes can lead to death or just embarrassment. Simone and Brett learn how to use wrist devices. These allow some jumps in time and place. The two trainees suffer the consequent side effects of jumping with time lag. They suffer the dangers of using the apparatus while learning its capabilities. The further away you are from their timeline, the worse the effects are.
They finish their training and return to their timeline via the chamber. They must immediately stop the Russian surveillance of Todd and his family. Operating in the USA, Russia's version of TID is creating dangers that must be overcome.
TID has to deal with current and historic global politics. TID's managing committee and bosses are constantly interfering with historical research. Threats and dangers may appear at any time or place.
Brand new series Part Two out this year and part three should follow in early 2025
Todd escorted Brett out of the office. “You can talk to me, fellow agents, or others as introduced otherwise, nothing but chit-chat. In social settings, you can say you are on secondment at the Pentagon, but you don’t work there as in the offices. Don't divulge any additional details, and when interacting with your fellow military personnel, try to keep your words to a minimum. No difference, I suspect, from your recent past activities.”
They walked briskly between the buildings. Brett thought there was nothing unusual about that. His previous teams were both close and closed units. They could rarely discuss what they did, except with commanding officers.
They came to a building Brett had not been in before; 4D was waiting in a small anti-room. “Simone Harris, meet Brett Hostam. Brett, this is Simone, and before you both ask, 2E is still going through. A hamstring injury will not be wasted.”
They shook hands after mumbling hellos, which seemed odd given the course they had both been through. They didn’t stay long; a hoot from a car horn resulted in Todd leading them outside. A similar darkened van to the one he had arrived in was waiting. The drive took them to an airfield and a civilian plane. This was a small, unmarked jet with engines already running. Except for what they were carrying, they had no kit or ID.
