Kile is distraught at the death of his fiancee, and runs to the arms of her roommate Abbey and decides to stay with his basketball team the Cleveland Calipers of the International Basketball Assosciation rather than opting out and signing iwht a California team as he had planned with Abbey. This enables him to stay with his buddy, LeDodge who is the controversial superstar of the league. Wally is promoted to player-coach as the Cals drive to another title. Kile, who was identified as the Second Coming by Johnny, a Cals assistant in the previous novel, interfaces with the Christian clergy worldwide using the Olympic exhibition tour as a vehicle to propel his mission on earth.