"With no compass to divide the world, chaos ensues! Nations ride to war; a beautiful woman travels across the brawling continents to find eternal life; a daring aeronaut and a lovesick rabbit follow behind, sworn to thwart her quest; an eccentric scientist's study of time-manipulating creatures has collapsed; and the mythical Time Snatcher, who stalks men's dreams and steals their youth while they sleep, has reappeared. But what has the missing magnetic north got to do with it all? None can say, but the fate of the world hangs by a thread!" -- Back of cover.