The first installment in a sci fi time travel trilogy about a resourceful young woman, and a man who just might be a soldier from the American Civil War...Kansas City, Kansas, 2510 a.d.A huge machine appears out of nowhere in the middle of young Kestrel Evans' shop in the KC Space Port, and an intimidating stranger steps out of it, toting a sawed-off shotgun. The next minute, the machine self destructs--And the stranger saves her life.Now, Kestrel...