A twisting tale of tragedy, self-hatred, repression and survival. Jude Mulvey is a hopelessly troubled youth cursed from birth with the degenerative lung disease, cystic fibrosis (CF). After losing the oneperson Jude cared for the most, the path of his life takes a dark turn. Abandoning his eligibility for a lung transplant and hospital institutionalism, he exchanges his hope with a pursuit of death and control over hisown destiny.