"The time is 1863, the place is the State of Virginia. The event is a mass glook-lettint known as the Civil War, a tragic moment in time when a nation was split into two fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation...This is Joseph Paradine, Confenderate cavalry, as he heads down toward a small town in the middle of the valley. But very short, Joseph Paradine will make contact with the enemy. He will also make contact with an outpost not found on a military map - an outpost called the Twiglight Zone" . Paradine wanders into a town full of union soldiers. They are all frozen in time by an old man with a black book. Knowing he will die soon, the old man gives the book to paradine and tells him to use it to win the war.\n