When a young man named Alec is admitted into the Long Island Asylum for homosexuality and schizophrenia, nurse Magnus Bane immediately wishes to save the boy from demise. Can he save Alec before the "treatments" get to him? Or will he fail to help the soul he slowly begins to love?

Something is wrong. There is trouble in paradise. Plagued by terrible nightmares and with his emotions all over the place Alec is withdrawing further and further away from the people who care about him. Will Magnus, with the help of Alec's friends and family, be able to help him.