Jason Palmer is broke, tired, desperate. When an old friend recommends him for a paid sleep study, he makes a choice that could change everything about his life. Soon, he has a paycheck, and a head full of questions.Why would a laboratory be operating out of an unmarked building in the middle of a small Kansas town?How do they already know so much about his life?What is The Gold Mine?Destiny Reed has worked for The Gold Mine all their adult life. A second-generation agent for the multi-national corporation, Destiny handles missions too dangerous and esoteric for anyone with less experience. On the horizon lurks a mission with the potential to change reality."Every once in a while, you run across a story that evokes a feeling of familiarity that is akin to deja vu. You know you haven't experienced this story before, yet you can't shake the feeling that you know this story, these characters, these places described-like eerily recurring landscapes in dreams. You haven't been there in waking life, but you know you've been there in dream life and will be back. This is one of those stories."-Joseph Matheny, multidisciplinary artist. Ong's Hat: The Beginning, The Liminal Cycle.