The story begins with the death of Robby McCormack, a young lad from Connecticut who has fallen over the cliffs at Dover, England. He and two other boys, Declan Ahern from Ireland and Manasche Aussenberg from Spain, had just completed their first semester at the University of London and decide to take a day trip to Dover before heading home for Christmas break. The outing unfortunately ends in tragedy and the resulting wave of consequences continue...