Time after Time — Steve Elliott

Catherine's memories of her odious imprisonment are still plaguing her but Nithan has a unique solution to his wife's problems. He suggests using a Time Spell which will carry everyone back to before Catherine was kidnapped and thus spare her from ever forming the insidious memories in the first place. Diama and Micel agree, but Joseph is dubious about disrupting the flow of History. However, the deed is done, and the three friends find themselves fighting off Catherine's kidnappers. All seems well until things begin to go wrong. Badly, terribly and horribly wrong. For one thing, the dreaded Clasta is alive once again and his stated ambition to see Diama dead at his feet appears to be undiminished. The shocking and horrendous climax to a series of disasters forces Nithan to fervently wish he'd never used the spell, but by then it's too late. Far too late.