Dismayed at events occurring in his family and with the world in general, Luke desires a different kind of existence. Issues he has been unwilling to confront become important enough that he realizes he must make life-altering decisions, reconsider a variety of things he thought he'd understood all along, and revise the view of his own nature and place in the world. Controlled by Kate, who has been his constant companion since childhood, he has been coerced into choices he never expected to make, and a lifestyle he never expected to live. Until the night of the Perigee Moon when everything has gone wrong and Luke makes choices of his own. Abby, an old friend from high school comes back into his life and Luke finds the friend, the lover, the soul-mate he has craved only to be subjected to Kate's unwillingness to let go. Luke must convince Kate that what they had is over and convince Abby that what they have is right.