Kenneth "Kit" Carson was one of the best, if not *the* best, time scouts. But the career of a time scout is limited, and now Kit runs a small hotel in one of the Time Terminals, TT-86. His life is turned upside-down when his granddaughter - a granddaughter he never knew he had - shows up. She want's to be a Time Scout. And if being a Time Scout didn't kill Kit Carson, caring about his granddaughter may!