Book excerpt: Surreal. Dreamlike. Incongruous images that play havoc with the subconscious. A twilight zone where anything can happen. This is where Tom finds himself one chilly, wet evening. While destiny takes him to the murky past that he has left behind, Tom has no control over these dark forces that impel him to take memory trips into those lanes he has no wish to haunt. Here he has to come to terms with his darkest deed. In a smoky bar with a couple of strangers and an initially disgruntled bartender, Tom spends a night like never before, when hi sdestiny merges his past with his present. In the end, it all makes sense. In the end...