This story's a blend of realism, fantasy and mystery. Stanley Reader, a young war veteran, suffers from amnesia and hallucinations. The cause is due to psychological trauma and injuries he sustained during a bombing in Afghanistan. Back home he awakens from a terrible dream: His former girlfriend, Thel, is trapped on a lifeguard tower engulfed in flames. He hasn't seen her in over a year. What he last remembers is being with her at the very same lifeguard tower he dreamt about. By the next morning, she is gone. Stanley soon finds himself on a pathway filled with ominous and surreal settings....