Bored with his sedentary lifestyle, Norman Adams' life changes in an instant when he experiences his first lucid dream. The watershed moment reveals an alternate world of consciousness which compels the young man to investigate, inspired by the discovery of a mysterious dream journal. Norman meets an eccentric librarian, Stephen Breagal, whose mutual interest in the topic seems to know no limits and they strike up an unlikely friendship. Soon however, the dream turns to a nightmare as Norman is involved in an accident sending him into a coma. Under the tutelage of Breagal, loyal but sceptical...