Winner of the 2004 stonewall society imagination literary award for best gay-themed science fiction. "It is 2479 ad. Technical sergeant kallen deshara and his team have traveled from the 25th century to the 19th. Their m...Winner of the 2004 stonewall society imagination literary award for best gay-themed science fiction. "It is 2479 ad. Technical sergeant kallen deshara and his team have traveled from the 25th century to the 19th. Their mission: to eliminate powerful ion storms caused by the very device that opened the portal to the past.