Because nature abhors a vacuum, when Quentin Cottell leaves his sheltered life to seek himself, to fill the void that is his soul, and when the Feathered Serpent--the Mayan-Aztec God, Quetzalcoatl--goes to seek a human vessel to replenish his spirit, the result is not a fantasy. It is perfectly natural. And naturally terrifying. When gruesome dreams and stark reality mesh, can Quentin prevent Quetzalcoatl from taking over his body? Though containing elements of fantasy, science-fiction and horror, this story is truly none of these. It is merely a tale of a man coming of age while in his thirties and discovering, to his dread, that he can find his identity only by losing it...