Dr. Alan Zorn Evardson is having a mid-life crisis. He isn’t respected at his hospital. He feels ignored by his wife and family, and he doesn’t even know his true ancestry. This all changes one day when, just before a vacation to Sweden, a dying patient offers the doctor (wallowing, as usual, in self-pity) an alternative. Will he exchange his mundane and obscure life for this unknown? Secrets are everywhere – both in Alan’s life and those hidden and obscured by time. As some secrets are unveiled, there are forces that will kill to keep others hidden.