The story takes place in an alternate reality in which Charles Manson did not exist and the murders he committed did not occur. It's 2024. Alex Gonshorowski, a brilliant, introverted erotic novelist with a history of panic attacks, lives happily in a mansion in the gated neo-hippie community of Dreamside with his girlfriend, the renowned artist and golfer Kate Norwin. On the morning of February 3, he is visited by his girlfriend's bestie Aria Vale, who tells him that Kate and Aria's boyfriend, the rapper and basketball player Brian Johnson, have been attending parties together for months while Alex has been forced to stay away. Now, at Aria's suggestion, Kate and Brian want to become lovers...