Despite his success, scholar and world-champion athlete Dan Millman is haunted by a feeling that something is missing from his life. Awakened one night time by dark dreams, he wanders into an all-night gas place where a chance encounter with the enigmatic Socrates starts Dan on a religious odyssey, which throws his ideal but shallow existence into total disarray. With a unique blend of Eastern school of thought and Western teaching, Socrates’ understanding and intelligence help Dan get over a devastating motorcycle accident and takes Dan on a journey that lab tests the limitations of his brain, body, and spirit. Finding that he provides much to understand and much more to leave behind, Millman’s tale is a moving tale about the power of human will.