A playwright vacationing in Jamaica becomes dangerously obsessed with
deep-sea diving Ron Grant is one of the finest playwrights of his
generation, second only to Tennessee Williams in pure genius. But
success does not mean he feels like a man. On vacation in Jamaica with
his mistress, an ice queen who considers him her personal trophy, his
thoughts are back in New York City, with a beautiful young girl he met a
few days before he left town. As the stress bears down on him, the
brilliant playwright goes nearly to pieces before he finds his salvation
under water. On his first deep-sea dive, Grant falls in love with the
haunting beauty of the reef. He returns as soon as he can, staying
longer and swimming deeper until all his problems seep away. But a man
can't breathe underwater forever--and his obsession will drive him to
take increasing risks that will change his life forever.