An American professor walks into his office and discovers that somebody has played a trick on him. His wall calendar is for 2005, not 2004: But it's no joke He must live 2005 as best he can, while trying to figure out what happened in 2004. He and a therapist walk a darkened path and reach the point in 2004 when the professor began researching a novel that includes elements of black magical. An enigmatic drop-out student appeared at the professor's door and offered to help. What happened in 2004?