Dr. Bierwiler follows his first novel, Mist on the River, with the story of Bill "Doc" Harrison, Jr. from a childhood family tragedy in Spokane, Washington through his troubled relationships as an adult in Fort Worth, Texas. The emotional scars run deep, but never seem to heal. Doc spends the next twenty years as a police officer solving life and death crises at work while ignoring his own crisis at home. When his world finally seems to collapse, he chides himself, "It was almost as if I was watching another man's life unfold from a distance. How did I end up missing out on so much?" Doc is unaware that there is one more chance to redeem himself.