Sal Lazar lives free. Between his parents' intermittent absences and the two wheels of his dirt bike, he blazes his own path. He drinks when he wants, dreams of girls, and exists in the infinite confines of the desert.
But when Sal unknowingly befriends the son of the developer seeking to erase his desert home, he sets off a series of events that will forever change his life.
In a waking dream that unfolds over the course of thirty years, Sal navigates the struggles of adolescence and the unstoppable forces of change, leaving him to make decisions that will alter the course of his community, the desert, and everything he loves.