A dispirited writer's love for a beautiful young Asian bar girl with a cloudy past sends him on a complicated journey across the nation. Recklessly diving into a passionate love affair, he soon discovers she is in deep trouble. Desperate efforts to free her from her problems send him wandering in an unfamiliar world--a land of illegal immigration, human trafficking, terrorism fears and worldwide prostitution. Rootless, the recently widowed Peter Mason stumbled into a meeting with the young woman in a bar near a sprawling southern military base. Hypnotized by her beauty, he is energized by her exotivc youthfulness and her apparent attraction to him. Bruised by bad luck and a personal tragedy, Peter finds fresh optimism in her unusually sensitive attention. Struggling to rescue her while surviving on precarious earningd he gets from sagging book sales and uncertain writing assignment, Peter becomes more and more mired in her problems. Half-crazed with obsessive determination, he proceeds in his efforts to save the young woman who rescued him from a personal , dark and dismal dispair. Doggedly, Peter persists in a desperate try to save his new love. He does this while almost certain his efforts are destined for a tragic end.