Sebastien Ranes has drifted aimlessly since graduating from high school six months ago. Down on his luck, the nineteen-year-old is recovering from pneumonia, working a dead-end job, and living in a shabby makeshift bedroom in the basement of his mother and stepfather s home. Looking to escape his lousy situation, Sebastien robs a local grocery store and makes off with $4,800 but not without the store s security cameras spotting him. Driven to a state of panic, and out of control, Sebastien is hit by a drunk driver. Pulled from the wreckage by a Marine, Sebastien is offered a ride home and a way out of Alaska. The Marine Corps shows Sebastien another world of abuse and authority, of war and compassion, of lust and consequences and by the time he returns home, he ll be forever changed."