A stranger is found shot and unconscious along the side of a country road, curiously dressed in period clothes. When he regains consciousness, he is disoriented by his surroundings and has no memory of who he is or where he is from.

As reporter Kip Stevens and hospital psychiatrist Ericka Porter try to uncover "John's" identity, they are drawn into a mystery within a mystery that pushes their belief systems to the limit and calls into question their entire concept of reality. Is "John" a time traveler? Is he the reincarnation of a man who lived well over a hundred years ago? Or is he a huckster? In his quest for the truth, Kip also questions whether the events that led to his involvement were really all that random.