The stories are adventures that range over the space of decades and continents. Beauty and deception in Venice. Low life and thwarted desire in Cold War Germany. Revelation on the Little Bighorn battlefield. Love and loss in the Alaska wilderness. Self-discovery in Morocco. A road trip with the Jesus Prayer. And more.
The novella follows two young discontents in 1970s America as they attempt to create their own alternate world in the far west. Wrong choices, skewed realities, blind love are all in play in the search for freedom, independence, and community.