Backsliding

While in prison Jack had two momentous experiences he got religion and met the woman who would become his wife He and Alison are devoted to the idea of staying in Gods good graces so they have moved to a remote power station in central Australia far from anything Into this possibly idyllic arrangement comes a rootless young man who the power company has hired on to be the stations handyman Tensions escalate between the men as their conflicting values rub up against one another