Banker Florian Amidon, a somewhat shy and timid young man, is assaulted, robbed and knocked out while on vacation. When he wakes up he discovers that hes in the booming oil town of Bakerstown, has no memory of how he got there--and that theres a five-year gap in his life from the time he was robbed until that moment. He and his friend, Judge Blodgett, enlist the services of a clairvoyant, Madame Leclaire, to help Florian find out what happened to him. What she discovers changes his life forever.