Nic Riley had everything going for him: a promising career, a beautiful home, a successful wife, and a loving daughter. But he wanted and needed more, and it drove him to an irrational act that telescoped him into another sphere, one in which there were no absolutes. The new road he took contained great risk, to his life and his soul, a lonely road filled with the pain of separation, of guilt and loss, but one which could lead to self-clemency, perhaps even to be accorded a victory.