Joe Summer has woken, in hospital, from a coma - and he has to find out why he's there. The outside world - his mother, his cousin Annie, and the doctors - long for the signs of life that Joe himself is unable to convey. While his body sleeps, his mind - his soul - desperately strive to escape his corporeal prison. And he pieces together the facts of his recent life. The suspicious death of his father. The all-too pervasive presence of Dad's former business partner insinuating himself into the family. Joe rapidly appreciates that someone has tried to kill him too. Who? And why? And above all - how can he prove it?