A midwestern college professor has made a scientific breakthrough that will change the world and definitely earn him a Nobel prize, if he lives long enough to receive it.  An accidental explosion in his secret lab creates a portal to a seperate world; a world between universes where he is free to do whatever he wants without any trace.  He has also fallen in love with a beautiful, sensual woman that has the unique ability to sense danger, a trait that proves invaluable to their surviuval.  Unfortunately, greed and betrayal turn his new life upside down when he discovers an assassin has been sent to kill both of them, one that enjoys torturing his victums for pleasure.

Skirting the law to survive and stayi one step ahead of the butcher is now their sole purpose in life.  A story of exploration and exploitation, murder and survival; follow them as they are relentlessly pursued through the SlipStream.