During the last year of the 20th Century, 18 year old Adam Westman finds himself 'on the verge of manhood', as his best friend Dart likes to say. He lives with his depressed father, Greg, and imaginative younger sister, Sandra. When Greg suddenly dies things change dramatically, and the relatively smooth orbit of family and friends are altered when Adam needs them most. In the middle of the drama, a man in uniform appears - and he is more than interested in Adam. A novel about learning to take risks, depending on your friends, believing in yourself and creating your own life.