Thomas Boykin has spent the last two years stuffing his brain with science. For the geeky twenty-one-year-old medical student, the summer of '71 should be a relaxing break from academia. Instead Thomas opts for practical experience in an emergency room, where a terrible tragedy presents a harsh dose of reality. After witnessing a child die from a hit-and-run accident, his sadness over her senseless passing, coupled with suppressed grief over...