What determines the course of our lives? Chance . . . or destiny?On Midsummers Day, 1982, three-year-old Azalea Ives is found alone at a seaside fairground.One year later, her mothers body washes up on a beachher link to Azalea unnoticed.On Midsummers Day, 1992, her adoptive parents are killed in a Ugandan rebel uprising; Azalea is narrowly rescued by a figure from her past.Terrified that she, too, will meet her fate on Midsummers Day, Azalea approaches Thomas Post, an expert in debunking coincidences. Azaleas past, he insists, is randombut as Midsummers Day approaches, he worries that she may bring fate upon herself.