Into the darkness of an unknown region of space, travels the Prophet. Fleeing once again from devastation and almost certain death, Billy and his friends follow Off-World Captain to an unknown destination and are flung headlong into a daunting future. The storm no longer threatens, but is now blowing full force. As the Wind of Time blossoms from prophecy to revelation, the Tri-Empire civilization begins to crumble from internal insurrections and inter-Empire conflict. Chaos and despair pursue the W*Trikan Royal House and the Terrans, united against a common foe. Their only security is a mysterious, nearly incomprehensible, people who might be a greater threat than that which lies behind them. The tides of Galactic Prophecy surge and swirl, hurricane winds batter and toss as the Prophet now must follow his heart and grasp one remaining hope, and Ride the Wild Wind.