The final book in the series finds Boone coming to terms with changes in his life as well as those of both his birth family and the family he is creating. Figures from his past reappear, trying to pull him back into his previous life, while his mother, his best friend, his first love, and his girlfriend's family all face major changes of their own. The decisions Boone must make take him into unfamiliar landscapes and provide him with both opportunity and the reality of severing ties with his past.