The novel revolves around two lovers who can only meet each other once a year, why?.. This is what the lines and events of the novel "The Present Moment" hide, as he spends his life in pursuit of her, while she spends her life waiting for him. The novel tells the story of an emergency doctor, Arthur Questlow, from Boston, who inherits from his father a lighthouse - an ancient tower surrounded by winds and ocean, in which his grandfather disappeared decades ago. And he receives this gift on one condition: "Arthur" must not open the metal door of the cellar, but the doctor violates this condition and does not abide by it, so he discovers the terrible secret of the lighthouse, and finds himself led to a journey through time for 24 years that prevents him from sharing life with "Lisa", the woman who He loves her and she works as a trained actress. In fact, the two lovers will only be able to meet one day a year, which is a fixed and imposed rule that must be obeyed and adhered to despite its harshness, which drives them to run a frantic race in the corners of "New York" to get rid of these conditions.
