Quin Leet was born on Conical Island beginning his life surrounded by an angry sea. Seventy-three years later, he lay dying on unforgiving desert sands. During the in between time , his life intersects with others he meets along the way, most importantly, Willy, who takes him far from the familiar. What Quin has all along believed to be his reality, is unwittingly shattered as he succumbs to Willy’s influence over him. It is because of Willy that Quin’s life ends as it does but not before he is forced to confront and accept his past.