Peter Bartlett was a genius researcher who had suddenly gone missing. His assistant, Mr. Taylor, had taken control of the house, desperately trying to find something. Peter's ten-year-old son, Johnny Bartlett, was depressed because of his father's sudden absence, till he received a strange note. His father had time-travelled one year in the past. With his father's study ransacked, Johnny's disturbing dreams, and Taylor's increasing control over the house, Johnny becomes suspicious of Taylor's involvement in his father's disappearance. Time is premium as Johnny, along with the help of his friends, tries to free Peter Bartlett from the prison of yore.