Psychologist Loche Newirth is hunted after he sees painting that opens a window onto the afterlife. A secret order seeking to control the art pursue him across the world, into madness and beyond.
His journal tells of unforgettable characters: a diagnosed manic depressive, swashbuckling swordsman that believes that he is over six hundred years old; a stoned and prolific painter and his perilous work that he must keep secret; a college professor that changes history when she discovers and ancient city of legend; and the beautiful business woman who abandons everything for a love she never expected.