The Masks of Time

"The year is 1999. The century is about to turn. The civilized world is prosperous but tense with fear about the still existing possibility of a major war. While in the large area that used to be called underdeveloped there is a hysterical conviction that the world will come to an end with the arrival of a new century. Into this situation floats a creature calling himself Vornan-19- and claiming to be a visitor from 1000 years in the future...The world is ready, indeed ripe, for a sign, an omen, a new cult. But no one realizes exactly what Vornan-19 is in his own right."--Back cover.