Eagen ponders his existence and his life comes up short, almost non-existent. He seeks a way out of the loneliness that unfortunately sustains his life. The ability to pick up and move in a minute's notice is essential to his survival. Marie LaPlanz is in a head long descent into the morass that is his life. Various preternatural forces conspire to force this convergence that is his death knell. She is incapable of preventing it. She is propelled into this fast moving romance that is unequaled, knowing that he would sacrifice his life for her. Neither one should survive if the odds perform naturally, but there is nothing natural about their love.