The world has changed. Music has disappeared. Misery has surfaced. Only one boy can change it. He, and only he, can save the world from a bitter dictatorship. His name? Phoenix.

Marshall, a recovering addict, is engaged to Nia and suddenly decides that he isn't convinced he should marry her anymore. Kelsey, Marshall's sponsor and close friend, feels threatened about the loss of sanity when he also discovers that Marshall has not only been drinking but has had a one-night stand with one of his clients. Between the crazy threatening letters from the client, the affair that Marshall is having with Karryn, the relapse, and the peculiar behavior that he shows Kelsey a story of deceit and dishonesty unravels. Kelsey feels responsible to honor the confidence that he has...