Thaddeus Brewster, a 22nd century ambassador to outer space, finds himself transported back through time to the 21st century. Or, so it appears. As Brewster tries to determine the truth about his predicament, his grip on reality seems to be slipping.

On a rainy night, naïve, eighteen-year-old Eran Aeggle flees his childhood home, stumbling across an extraordinary stone. He picks it up, and with a bright flash of light, he falls unconscious. When Eran wakes he is unable to explain what happened or why he's so fascinated by the peculiar rock. Did it cause the two tattoos of an unknown origin on his shoulders?

Three days before the anniversary of Julian Banner's lover's suicide, a terrifying sound rips him from his sleep. Someone broke into Julian's home to steal a single string from his dead boyfriend's violin. After an unpredicted dinner out, Julian is lonelier than ever. That night when Julian wakes in a dream of smoke and fog -- whispers, visions and a truth he was never supposed to realize become clear in the haze.