In the half light of James Molloy's beautiful visions are two worlds: one which he lives in, one which lives in him. To outsiders he's nothing exceptional - an average student, perhaps quieter than most. But James knows he's different. There are lights and colours inside his head. Confusion and amazement combine in voices that can slide from his mind to his mouth.
James believes himself to be alone until one day he meets Stephanie. The truths she tells James drive him to find out what lies at the centre of his curious world. And so begins a journey from Australia to Ireland, from adolescence to adulthood, from isolation to acceptance.