Phil has a job he loves, full of danger and excitement most of the time, and a working partner he trusts with his life. Until Ryan kisses him. It's only meant to be a diversionary tactic to convince the heavies they're two harmless gays, but that kiss shakes Phil's world to its foundations. He doesn't do commitment. He doesn't need or want a long-term lover, but that's what his heart is reaching for. An accident leaves him drifting in and out of a dream-haunted coma, trapped in his wrecked car, waiting for rescue, and he is sharing a parallel life. Many centuries ago, someone is trying to kill Caius Marcellus Valens, and Phil must find out who and why before they succeed. But he's alone. No partner, no backup—or is there? Nothing is the way it seems.