Tom Roddin, a successful Nashville architect, awakes one morning to find a cryptic note on his bed providing him the power to make life and death choices for people of his own choosing - the gift of Hope. Confused and in doubt about the origin of the note, Tom is confronted by an unexpected visitor who confesses knowledge of the note and presents herself as a fellow gifter and his instructor. Leveraging an approach she learned from her own instructor, Marina Kostitsen engages Tom in a discussion about the gift's purpose and how her own choices have had a significant impact on the life of her...