Jiggs Morgan is the son of Doc Morgan, an extraordinary man. Making his way across the playing fields and farm fields of the Midwest, shepherded by Doc, Jiggs crosses into adulthood just in time for Viet Nam. There his values are strained through filters of love and war, emerging in ways mystifying to his family and friends. Forced to confront the enigma of things that seem most right turning out to be most wrong, he turns again to Camilla Waron, his beloved friend, in hope of finding wisdom that will save him from himself.