A man returns to the Midwestern farm of his childhood on a desperate mission to unearth the horrifying truth of what landed there in the summer of 1960.

An angry young professional discovers she is dying, and sets out on a journey of self-discovery. Tough, ill-tempered hard-working type Momo Cadenza believes in work, money and what is proven by her eyes. When Momo discovers she is dying, her simple, obstinate world is shattered. She drunkenly laments her desperate situation, stumbling into the Drinking Man who offers a chance at survival via the ‘Grace of God.’

While waiting for the detained Lord Traverse, the guest of honor at an English society party, the guests play a game wherein each must tell a complete story before a cigarette burns out. Heléne Dearing relates that her proud father John left England after being exposed as a card cheat and became a whiskey runner near a Canadian lumber camp.