Two 19th century university students stumble on a space port - perhaps by coincidence, perhaps not - and go off into the wild black yonder, both bringing with them typically earth-bound prejudices. Patrick is an Irish Protestant who didn't trust Catholics and Frederick, an anti-Semitic Englishman. They find themselves - perhaps by coincidence, perhaps not - in a Benedictine convent located on one of Jupiter's moons. Elijah the prophet, who ascended into the heavens in what the Bible described as a firey chariot, has been travelling around in a space ship ever since. He is still very Jewish, of course, and is known to actually show up and occupy 'Eliyahu's chair' at circumcisions. Through Eliyahu's doing, Frederick gains a 'little brother', a Jewish orphan named Alfonso.

Unfortunately, humans aren't the only ones travelling in space. A war has been going on for the past few thousand years, the prize of which is Earth and mankind. Just now, it is coming to a climax. Going back and forth between earth and the stars, the two witness earth changes from a unique perspective. 8000 years later, Frederick sends a letter back in time to us, telling about it.

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