This single chapter story is part of the chain story/universe about the genie Laresa, who is contained in a ring. This story has to do with her adventures with a German intelligence officer and his old flame in the latter part of the Second World War.
A story in the Catalum Universe
A Catalum fleet is sent to study temporal effects in the region. The locals do not take kindly to being trespassed upon. They then learn they're the small fish in a very big pond.