Four extraordinary men from very different backgrounds are thrown together by fate at The FELLOWS INSTITUTE, a renowned institute of healing, because all other traditional methods of treatment have failed to extricate their terminal illnesses. They meet, become friends, and the merry terror of the institute. Even though death is the central theme of A DYING PLACE, the characters teach us a very important lesson about life. We can face certain death without fear only after we have learned to unselfishly give ourselves to our fellow man.