The first time Bridger saw Dana she was dancing barefoot, her hair aflame in the red glow of the club, her body throbbing with rhythms and cross-rhythms that only she could hear. He was mesmerised. That night they were both deaf... and the next morning Bridger was in love. Now, she is in a courtroom, her legs shackled, as a list of charges is read out. A man, William Peck Wilson, has been living a blameless life of criminal excess at Dana's expense. Together, Bridger and Dana set out and drive across America looking for Peck and a life of their own.