Ted Wallace - an aging drunkard, divorced lecher, and intellectual cynic - has been fired from his job as a newspaper reviewer. When a formerly terminally ill cousin asks him to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her recovery, he doesn’t hesitate for long. Under the pretext of spending a few weeks with his godson David, he sets off for Swafford Hall - the site of the inexplicable healing. David is now fifteen years old and as beautiful as the morning; he is a sensitive, reclusive, nature-loving, and intensely pubescent young man who captivates guests and family members alike. He is surrounded by a mystery that everyone seems to know - except for Ted. The more colorful the visitors at Swafford Hall, the stranger the events become. Ted finds himself confronted with miracles, ghostly healings, and other phenomena, and he must confront it all.