Comfortably Numb, the second book of the When the Music Stops saga, finds former circus daredevil Nick "Peters" adapting to life in the outside world. In a state of comfortable numbness, Nick sails through college, then Law School, forging a new friendship with fellow law graduate Jay Greene, a romantic relationship with Claire Kelley, and a professional one with Claire's father Jason Kelley, a law partner in one of the most prestigious law firms in the Tampa Bay area. Gradually becoming disillusioned with his new career...his new life...his new self, Nick seeks solace at his father Krzysztof's home in Venice, Florida. While there, he is reunited with an old circus acquaintance paying Krzysztof a visit. When Nick realizes that the visit is professional rather than personal, he quickly shifts into lawyer mode to help. But the end the result of his solution, quickly leaves him wondering which of his alter egos will truly save the day: Nick the lawyer, or Nick the daredevil.