John "Gravitas" Clearwater's Moto GP ended prematurely after a near fatal accident. Years later he wants to break out of the monotony of his life by rekindling his riding career, much to the chagrin of his wife, Jean.
After discovering a self help book written by his estranged father, a high school student begins to distance himself from his mother and his girlfriend in pursuit of his newly acquired ambitions.
Three generations of a family with separate but intersecting obsessions - trying to figure out how to die with dignity, live with none and make it count.
When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.