Bob Parker has a shock when his doctor tells him he has an inoperable brain tumor. While he tries to live as best he can with his family, he begins to have strange dreams that seem real to him. The dreams begin to dominate him and seem to appear to be about members of his family many years in the future. As his disease progresses, he finds he can no longer communicate with his family to warn them about the tragic events that his dreams tell him that will happen.

Even comatose, his dreams continue and take on a story of their own. The drama continues in a tangled plot of attempted murder, heroism, and romance.