Adam Julian, a twenty-one-year-old physics student, is thrown into a world that connects both his own familyas past with the yet unwritten events of a cataclysmic future. With the help of his two closest friends, Mike Phillips and Susan Livingston, Adam must piece together the cryptic clues from his grandfatheras pocket watch. Meanwhile, Dr. Francis Vern, Adamas college physics professor, is slowly drawn into the secret workings of the ARC facility and the mysterious Sub Level-4. As time slowly runs out in the present, Adam must unravel the meaning behind the messages from a time both a hundred years past and twenty-five years into the future. This book is a culmination of experiences, feelings, and the belief that there is a thread that weaves from generation to generation, linking each of us to the rich history of our familyas past to the unknown generations yet to come.