Dr. Dave is a small town physician who recently took up oil painting. So far so good, until he gives one of his paintings to a clinic patient. Nancy starts communicating with and starts taking orders from Aeries, a deer in the painting. In the painting the scenery changes with the seasons in real time, in Nancy's mind.
Then Dr. Dave's old high school car, driven by a mysterious stranger, starts showing up in the dreams of four supposedly unrelated men. As the story unfolds, the four men enter a spiritual battle with the mysterious stranger. A common link unites then in this battle.
A Catholic priest emerges as the hero, and a five-year-old girl with two fatal diseases becomes a central character.
Throughout the story the spiritual evolution of several characters is unveiled. The most powerful and real changes are the spiriutal ones.
