Orphaned at fifteen, Jack Hartman sought to escape his abusive and tragic past. He decided to attend the Virginia Military Institute that the opportunities it offered would help him fulfill his dream for a better life. But even the brotherhood he gained did not seem to fill the emptiness that haunted him. Would further success at the school of his dreams do so? Would the love of a woman? Or was there a greater plan for Jack that he could not even begin to imagine?