Tomorrow's America is a cold and ravaged place, a nation devastated by despair and enduring winter. In a small New England city, senior government official Dr. Judith Carriol finds the man she has been seeking: a deliverer of hope in a hopeless time who can revive the dreams of a shattered people, a magnetic, compassionate idealist whom Judith can mold, manipulate and carry to undreamed-of heights, a healer who must ultimately face damnation through the destructive power of love.