Life and health are, unarguably, the most valuable of all gifts; their premature loss, the greatest of all tragedies; impotence to do anything about that loss, the most trying of all frustrations. Mark Hamby, remarkable for the depth of his empathy and compassion, experiences that impotence for himself and then, in an unexpected and bizarre turn of events, is empowered to rectify such tragedy. But that power is unpredictable and mysterious, threatening to disrupt his life as much as edify it. Why was this gift granted? What is the meaning of it all? What will be the outcome?