In 2002, the author of The Four Agreements suffered a near-fatal heart attack that left him in a coma for nine weeks; the spiritual journey that Mexican mystic Don Miguel Ruiz undertook while suspended between this world and the next is the inspiration for this unique autobiographical novel, written over the course of a decade with Barbara Emrys. As his body lies unconscious, Ruiz's soul encounters the people, ideas, and events that have shaped him, illuminating the eternal struggle between life and death in which we are all called to engage. Ruiz shares with readers the innermost workings of his own heart and mind, conveying ideas from ancient Toltec wisdom that are the essence of transformation.