Since childhood, Evan has suffered from strange visions and intensely realistic dreams, knows things he never learned, and possesses skills with no clear explanation. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, he lives a miserable life and depends on pills. While trying to get another supply, he quarrels with a dealer, starts a brawl, and ends up in police custody. There, a mysterious man approaches him and claims to have known him for a very long time — since the Second Punic War.