Imagine living in a family where your dad is a time traveller! Not to mention your nutty Auntie Jennison, and your granddad, who disappeared in strange circumstances. for ever. Travis is only ten when he gets 'the call' and becomes a visitor - a time traveller - himself. Life is never going to be the same, not after he's seen the Great Fire of London, and met Auntie's friend, Mr Pomphrey, on a beach at Dunkirk in 1940! But when murders start happening, Travis decides to use his skills to track the villain down. Soon he's in a hide-and-seek chase across the years. Can he catch up with his missing granddad? More to the point, can he bring him back to his family in the year 2004? Bob Chapman's humorous look at family life, 'lost' relations and eccentric aunts will strike many chords among readers of all ages. The magic of time travel and the problem of 'intervention' - changing events in the future - are dealt with lightly and entertainingly in this magnificent and widely appealing adventure story.