Terrie Lopez is a nurse supervisor in a major downtown hospital known for outstanding patient care. When Jeff Landrom, an attractive young man involved in a near-fatal car crash arrives in her ward as a comatose patient, she is drawn to him and becomes very protective of him. When she finds out that the car crash that caused his injuries may not have been an accident, she becomes even more protective of her patient and conspires with Detective Mira, the police detective investigating the case, to determine who is responsible for the crime. Meanwhile, Jeffs parents, Charles and Helen, and his wife, Judy, deal with their grief at what happened to Jeff while consoling one another. The story deals with the relationships between these characters while Jeff strives to unravel the mystery behind his out-of-body experiences while in a coma. This all leads up to an explosive and totally mind-blowing twist in the end, making this book a must-read.