A split-second decision made in 1861 has real consequences 150 years later when William McEwen awakens from a mid-morning daydream to find himself halfway around the world in another man's body. He has no explanation for how or why he-or, more accurately, his mind-jumped to another continent and no idea how to reverse it. Can William-with help from his family, some new friends, and the journal of his great-great-grandfather-uncover answers that will lead him home? Or, will he be forced to accept his fate and lose everything? Convergence, a novel by Rick Murdock, weaves an amusing tale wherein remarkable things happen to nice, unremarkable people.