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