Dylan is comfortable with his insular life, working at an insurance company and living with his wheelchair-bound aunt, when Theadora, one of the last of the Greek Muses, inspires him to travel around the world with Chris, a young woman of boundless energy, on a quest to gather what magic may remain at the eight Poles of Inaccessibility. Dylan and Chris circle the globe on an epic journey of discovery, comedy, danger, and romance.