Jeff Triton's first few months at Mon Gracia Medical School resemble a casting call for a stag film, with Jeff, the lone atheist on a Christian campus, entertaining a steady stream of curious - and adventurous - female students. Jeff finds himself comfortable despite the quirks of his medical brethren of faith. He always questioned his future success unless he could get an Ivy League reputation behind his name and degree. But at what price would such success come as he later becomes an emergency resident at Yale? When catastrophic events hurl him from roles of student to doctor and later frightened patient or bereaved family member, his paradigm is shattered. The iconic emblems and Latin phrases that once embodied his future suddenly seem hollow and empty as his life spirals out of control. In a journey whose path is lit by stories of passion, humor, tension and tragedy, Jeff's view of relationships, medicine and even faith develop far beyond what even Jeff could have predicted