Andrew Harrigton is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murderd by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her.
Meanwhile, Clarie Haggerty rails against the confines of Victorian society. She yearns for a time when she can be free to love whom she chooses - not just the type of man her family deem 'suitable'.
But hidden in the attic of popular author and noted scientific speculator, H. G. Wells, is a machine that will change everything.
As their quests converge, it becomes clear that time is the problem - to escape it, to change it, might offer them the hope they need...