There was only one way to reach Iola where an intersellar distess signal had oringinated. For Iola belonged to a small group of stars cut off from the rest of the galaxy by the close presence of an all enveloping black hole. The only way to reach Iola was through that timeless spaceless cosmic warp. Klaus Heller answered that call. He returned to the world intact, silent and secretive. And was found murdered where none could have reached him.