Clay Hartley's life is saved several times by Julianne Benson. The old prophetess, Lana tells Julianne when and where to be for Clay. Why Clay? His life must be preserved so he can heal people all over the world through his biochemistry degree by administering natural products from plants. Julianne uses her international relations degree to bring world peace. Clay and Julianne fall in love but because of their globetrotting duties they cannot be together. They narrowly escape death due to terrorist's bullets and environmental conditions. Clay's final trip is to the inhospitable island of Nikumaroro where he is stranded for almost four years by himself. Can he survive so he and Julianne can be together at last?