Chicago, 2064: Talon Avalon is normally a timecaster – one of a select few peace officers who are able to operate a TEV, the Tachyon Emission Visualizer, which information events (most specifically, crimes) that have currently happened. With criminal offense at an all-time low, Talon provides little to accomplish except give lectures to school children and obsess on his wife”s career as an authorized sex partner. Until one of her customers asks Talon to investigate a possible murder. When Talon uses the TEV to see the crime, the identity of the killer is certainly unmistakable – it”s him, Talon Avalon.