Sophie Freeman awoke from a deep sleep last night, terrified by a dream she can't recall. Unknown to her, the dream pulled a thread from the tight, rule-obedient fabric of her existence and the unraveling of her life began. Today, she's on her way to Yaupon Beach for what she expects will be another ordinary two-week vacation, when she sees a man walking alone on the side of the road. Compelled by an irrational curiosity, she stops and offers the stranger a ride. The stranger is Walking Man, a Native American wandering shaman, who immediately asks, "Do you remember me?" For the first time in her life, Sophie doesn't analyze the consequences of her reply. "Yes," she answers... and he slides in beside her. Walking Man takes Sophie on a journey into the dream we call reality. In the past she finds the future; in the future she finds the past... and the terrifying secret they conceal.