Joe Hawkins was America's most enigmatic rock star, but did he fake his own death to live a new life of freedom? Tyler Rafferty risks everything to discover the truth… 1987. At a San Francisco hospital, psychiatric patient William Kendrick claims to be Joe Hawkins, wild lead singer of Sixties rock band The Gracious Dawn, who died in 1970. Psychology student Tyler Rafferty is drawn into a dark labyrinth of mind games, to discover if William really is Joe Hawkins or a dangerous fantasist and master manipulator. Los Angeles to Paris, Joe Hawkins' extraordinary life story emerges, rising from humble poet to decadent rock idol. Tyler is running on lost time to solve the mystery of William Kendrick's identity and uncover an explosive secret hidden from the world.
