As his life implodes, Micah Connerly heads to India to find Raj, the guru stepfather who abandoned Micah and his mother at a California commune twenty years earlier. On his way to confront an ashram priest who knows Raj's whereabouts, Micah helps an injured man-a noble act that may cost Micah his life. In exchange for medical treatment, Micah volunteers at a hospice where he becomes embroiled in the lives of his fellow volunteers, including the enigmatic Kate, whose broken heart Micah longs to repair. Micah's desperate search reawakens the philosophies Raj taught him as a child, even as it puts him on a collision course with calamity. Desperate, Micah appeals to Shiva, a fickle god who might tear your arm off one moment and smother you with blessings the next. Shiva is ever on the lookout for selfless souls to assist, and he's turned his intense but benevolent eyes toward Micah. Will it be enough?