A history professor flees a painful personal tragedy, taking a job at a new university, where he struggles with a contentious department chair, student apathy, and new relationships that challenge his worldview.

A troubled, young history professor tries to escape his past by taking a job at a new university, where he struggles with an entrenched and equally-troubled department chair, rampant student apathy, and new relationships that complicate and challenge his worldview.—Miles Doleac