Jeff Rass longs for the family life he missed in foster care, so when he learns of a successful brother and uncle in London he travels to meet them with an open, hopeful heart. But the normality is a veneer. His uncle means him harm while his brother is a pawn in an old man's warped games. In ever-constricting circles, Jeff winds around the heart of a city few emerge from untainted. He reaches out to his new English girlfriend, Serena, but she is enmeshed in her own terrible dilemma and may prove even more dangerous. A modern morality tale with a dark twist, Fall Curve tells of family love, youth vs. age, and mortality amid the disappearing limits of science.