In the aftermath of a great war, a knight flees his kingdom, embarking on a harrowing odyssey through a desolate land infested with merciless bandits, cave-dwelling horrors, and a witch who offers him one way out alive.

A 1930s jazz club. A medieval encounter. A dystopian future. Three stories in the mind of a writer who imagines himself as the protagonist, his wife as the heroine and his father as the villain. They collide in his mind as he searches for a happy ending, asking the question: Must art imitate life?