This story recognizes powerful forces, recognized and unrecognized, personifying themselves through sexual desire and participation in war. The time is the middle sixties. It is the fear of the known and the fear of the unknown. Freddy Hope is a popular and respected leader among his peers. He believes that God has a plan for everyone. He seeks Gods answer for the violence of combat. Shawn Gordon, a friend of Freddys since early childhood, asks why to the institutional pronouncements, and struggles with the answers. He loves Sally Cliver. An unplanned separation changes their lives forever.
