Morten Altman is haunted by the tragic death of his closest friend when they were teenagers. He has never stopped picking over the events of the year leading up to Robert's terrible decision to kill himself. Now, half a lifetime later, Morten is returning to the small Scottish island of his birth, still troubled, still hoping to find answers. Nor has he forgotten Moira, his first love.As they and their friends gather for a school reunion, memories from the past, the exhilaration of teenage love and the pain of loss, take on new meaning. And the clouds of secrecy surrounding Robert's death finally start to clear.