Caverns

April 1, 2083. A gastropod sent to Earth by the Far Being Retzglaran swallows McGill Feighan, age 4 days, and studies him for 71.4 hours.

At age 5, Feighan becomes a Flinger – able to travel the universe in a flicker and a flash - and one of the most endangered individuals in the Galaxy.

And in the year 2100, McGill Feighan begins an unguided quest for the Far Being, source of his powers and persecution. It is a journey that promises to send him to the far reaches of both experience and space...