Luke Shields, a professor of Asian religions, is found dead in his car on a remote Florida beach. As part of his last will and testament, mysterious messages are sent to four of his old friends: Jocelyn, a San Francisco psychiatrist, Erica, a Seattle library director, Paige, a professor of Sanskrit in Iowa, and Andre, a dynamic Pennsylvania artist. To decipher Luke's parting words, they arrange to meet in the place it all went down. Imagine a geriatric Big Chill. What do the messages convey to them? What will they learn about their old friend? What will they discover about themselves? How might you reconsider your own past?