Grace Dove is encouraged by her psychotherapist to create an imaginary friend. She thinks she has...until she discovers she hasn't made him up at all. Colin McLeod is real enough...a disabled soldier in a military rehabilitation centre suffering severe PTSD. He too has created an imaginary place of his own - the garden of stones - in which to retreat to find peace. Somehow their two worlds have combined, bringing them together. When Grace discovers Colin is in danger the fight is on to bring him back to the real world before he loses not only his mind, but his life. **Note - this story is currently undergoing editing prior to publication and the finished article may differ from this sample.

An elderly collector of second-hand books wrestles with his unusual ability to "read" the lives of his books' previous owners... and with one unique book he can't seem to read.