Joaquin Weitzmann is a young physician who loves to diagnose and fix problems, and he does it better than most people. Still, most of his life, he has walked a tightrope, equilibrated between hope and fear, altruism and self-preservation, motivation and rage. As the story begins, he is being pulled back into the vortex of his family and childhood memories and secrets, a journey that will juxtapose horror and revelation. Will the process destroy him, scar him indelibly, or provide new insight and preparedness for the rest of his life and career?