The greatest worry in Max' life is making mortgage payments on his Upper West Side apartment. Until girlfriend Lydia's "stroke-thingy." And the sudden appearance - usurping Lydia's energy and physical presence - of Rob, a young man transplanted from the Jazz Age. How did Rob come to be resurrected through Lydia? Can Max keep the Lydia-Rob secret limited to his small circle? And why is there no record of Rob's death a century ago?