Susan is in critical condition in the hospital--but her mind is with her lover, Larry, who's in danger from the same person who's injured her. Her goal is to protect him from forces he doesn't yet understand. As he comes to recognize the evil at work that threatens them both, he begins to develop a plan that might take them both out of peril. But can he survive long enough to execute it? Can he make it work, with Susan's disembodied help? And what will happen to both of them afterwards?