"...with a husky whisper, he half spoke to himself, the terrible question his heart held, "But what will have been the point of me, Lyra?" What is the point of life? Especially a tragically short-life? James believes he is pointless. He is a young man with a terminal illness and a family that is falling apart because of it. When he meets Marcham, a mystical beast who takes him on a series of powerful spiritual journeys, James begins...