A new self-development book written by an unknown California-based writer gains reputation, helping to influence the paths of many people including: an undercover cop, a priest who advises him, a woman who is out of prison, and a journalist trying to find out where the writer is.
A group of people, including a former inmate, a hip-hop star, an actor, an undercover cop, a journalist and his editor, decide to asses their choices and decisions and change their lives to the better after reading a motivational book written by a mysterious man.