The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile a
nd shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. The
re he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted Daphne, separated by treache
rous reefs from the island beyond: the island of the day before.
If he could
reach it, time - and his misfortunes - might be reversed. But first he must lear
n to swim...
