Henry has it all: a beautiful wife and a successful writing career as a novelist. But every night he is haunted by a deadly dream that he cannot stop. His therapist convinces Henry that to understand the dream, he should write his way through it, leading him to travel to his remote second home and begin work on his next novel. On the journey he encounters a strangely familiar drifter who confronts him with information that threatens to turn his perfect life into a never-ending nightmare.