A lightning flash, a suicide leap, and a relocation for a new job. Three random events that would change the course of three men's lives forever. Is it fate, or divine intervention, or just plain old-fashioned luck? Do we control our own destinies, or are we just pawns in some larger game? For sailor Rake McMillan, librarian Humphrey Alsatia, and Salesman Jason Bidwell, the answers to these questions could spell the difference between life and death.