"It's only a movie..." At least, that's what Hollywood up-and-coming screenwriter Gregory Thomas tells himself. But that doesn't explain the intense emotion evoked by his first glimpse of a long-dead 1940s actress. Nor does it explain his growing infatuation with her. And it certainly doesn't explain his actions when that infatuation mushrooms into a full-blown obsession.At first, Gregory knows just one thing: He has to discover everything he can about Brooke Ashley and her mysterious death. But then he realizes that someone, or something, is determined to end his quest. Something that is willing to destroy him to stop him.From the superficial and illusory glamour of Hollywood into a twilight zone in which nothing is real-even death-Gregory tries to find his way, with only his heart as a guide.