Jeremy Rollins is a young man with a very strange affliction. He has the uncanny and uncontrollable ability to deflect any physical attack and its associated painand injury to the attacker's closest relationship. Born with this condition| Jeremy's mother had the foresight to home school him and limit his contact to theoutside world. She feared that if he were ever discovered| men in white coats would conscript and subject him to unspeakable experiments. This upbringing makes himawkward and childlike| and upon the unexpected passing of his mother| Jeremy is forced to confront a corrupt town and face the realities of a harsh society and thecruelties of its people. He encounters a variety of unsavory town folk - a dominating bully who is the sheriff's son| the sheriff who is in the pocket of a corruptbanker| a gold-digging temptress and a reverend who has lost his way. But a local waitress| Jess| who sees something very special in Jeremy| befriends him. Through aseries of physical ...