History was not the province of the great. Fate hinged on the simplest of things: loose knots, a casual stumble, a chance meeting, something inadvertently dropped, or lost, or found. In this compelling sequel to the award winning novel Meridian, the project team members slowly become aware of unseen adversaries at play in the Meridian of Time. The quest for an ancient fossil leads to an amazing discovery hidden in the Jordanian desert. A mysterious group of assassins plot to decide the future course of history, just one battle in a devious campaign that will become a Nexus Point of grave danger, where even the fates are powerless to intervene