Jeff T. Miller

Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.

13 years ago, four men met on the river working as rafting guides.

A young girl works on a beet farm in 1965 and befriends a young immigrant boy.