As he walks onto the deck of a ship headed for Tarsus, the gentlemanly poet looks forward to a proper adventure. It will be one with infinite possibilities, bound only by the limits of his own imagination...

Phineus Puckett escapes from his dreary job as associate professor of antiquities at a small college not quite worth naming, and his dreary past full of peers who never appreciated his potential, by traveling the world through his daydreams. His knowledge of ancient languages, historical events, and classic literature help him craft his dream self, an eighteenth-century man...