Tommy and Bull, unlikely companions, set out on an unexpected journey to the other side as well as to the past. When they join up with a traveling carnival, Tommy, finding it difficult to distinguish between deadly enemies and devoted friends, finds this new world terrifying. Bull, on the other hand, at last finds his place in the rough and tumble world of the 1890's. The very things that made him an outcast and looked upon with contempt at the turn of the 21st century, brings him respect and honor at the turn of the 20th.