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What if your whole life was an experiment? Prior to meeting Carlie, Mickey's biggest problem consisted of escaping the wrath of the ruler-wielding nuns of St. Asors. But when Carlie moved to town, Mickey found that the young girl's proximity began to enhance a dormant ability to catch fleeting glimpses of the future. Confused by the stirrings of young love, Mickey began to sense the presence of a shadowy villain, driven by hatred, on a relentless pursuit that would not end until both Mickey and Carlie were dead.

Durch seinen Konsum von Kokain und Morphium wurde der erfolgreiche Redakteur Walter Rheiner entmündigt und zeitweise in eine geschlossene Anstalt eingeliefert...

What is birkie fever? Cross-country skiers are hearty folk. The compulsion to race marathon-length distances in subfreezing conditions requires an eternally optimistic and fiercely independent spirit. The fear of blinding snow or paralyzing cold does not deter them, and it has been said that skiers do not merely laugh at adversity; they are completely oblivious to its existence. America's greatest cross-country ski race is the American Birkebeiner or "Birkie" for short.

Walter Rheiner (1895 – 1925) war einer der prominentesten Dichter des Expressionismus – in Erinnerung geblieben ist er jedoch hauptsächlich für sein schonungslos ehrliches, autobiografisches Werk "Kokain", in dem ein Drogensüchtiger langsam vor die Hunde geht – und aus Angst, entdeckt zu werden, Selbstmord begeht.