Sixteen-year-old Gwendolen Shepherd is an entirely ordinary teenager: she goes to school, gossips with friends, watches films. But one day her life changes completely—she learns that she has a gene of a time traveler. From that moment on, Gwendolen no longer belongs to herself. To keep herself from carelessly being thrown into the past, she has to use a chronograph. She learns about the secret lodge of time travelers, about the Count of Saint-Germain, she must discover the magic of a crow within herself, learn the secret of the Twelve, and meet her love in the form of the arrogant Gideon De Villiers.