A speculative mystery of second chances, fate, and everything left to lose. When fifty-three-year-old Jack Soladay learns he has eighteen months to live, he must confront a lifetime of regrets filled with poor choices, failed relationships, lost opportunities, and the family he abandoned.
After one last night of drinking, Jack gives his remaining cash to a homeless man, believing it a trivial act of kindness. By morning, everything has changed.
Jack awakens in 1990, nineteen years old again, armed with the knowledge of everything to come. Convinced he has a second chance, he sets out to create the perfect future, determined to make the right choices and avoid past mistakes.
But fate has different plans.
As the years go by, Jack embarks on a perplexing journey through one timeline after another, waking up in various years of his life with no understanding of why. Each new beginning offers hope or possible horrific consequences.
Then there's the mysterious woman who appears at the most unexpected moments. Their encounters are brief and often insignificant, yet she continues to surface throughout Jack's journey.
Haunted by a mysterious panhandler, pursued by unanswerable questions, and racing against forces beyond his comprehension, Jack must uncover the truth before he loses himself forever. Because sometimes a second chance isn't a gift.
It's a life sentence.
