Book One of The Painted Man. Jack dreams terrible dreams but he also dreams of a beautiful face. These conflicting images influence his life but prevent any hope of finding love. All Jack can do is run from the nightmare, hoping somewhere he will find peace and a woman bearing the face he sees in his mind. Moving on yet again, Jack settles in an unremarkable village, far from the life he is used to. When the face of his dreams touches the real world, Jack's life changes in ways he never imagined possible. From a mysterious voice in his head, to the discovery his history is the stuff of a dark and distorted fairy-tale, Jack learns the dreams, the voice and the woman all come from his past. It is a past he does not understand, a past he cannot recall.