Having liquidated his life in Portland, Oregon, Samuel Greyling moves to Salzburg, Austria, without the support of his love, Hans Wortmann, whose estrangement might be final. With determination, and the encouragement of American and Austrian friends, Sam begins his new life, slowly and quietly rebuilding what he has always wanted. Family loss and Gunther Drecker - Sam’s thirty-plus year nemesis - bring heartbreak, danger and humor to his contented life with Hansi. A life that, for him, has always been inevitable.