1888. Jess finds himself competing in a friendly race and interacting with the inhabitants of a small Gold Mining Community where he encounters Tugen, an innocent immigrant who dreams of winning the local schoolteacher's affections against all the odds. But something more malicious may be unfolding which requires Jess's intervention.
Modern day. Following a crippling accident, Anna, a former teen horse riding prodigy, and her family visit a camping ground where Jess is working for the summer. Initially the two clash but eventually Jess and Anna become friends after Jess inspires her by showing that regardless of any situation, the future is always hopeful.
1692. Jess arrives in New England where he works on a small farm and is caught in all the emotional entanglements associated with the jealousy and misunderstanding between a mother and daughter, which leads to a sinister witch trial in the local township.
After being shipwrecked in 1770 in Tonga, a sick Jess is nursed back to health and becomes fascinated with the culture of the local tribe after befriending Tuku. But events take an unexpected turn when English missionaries arrive on the island preaching their interpretation of the word of God - which is misinterpreted.
It's 1952. Cleaver Jackson, a short-tempered company head forms an unlikely friendship with the new mailroom boy, Jess, due to their mutual interest in fishing. But some others in the company, including Perdita, the attractive daughter of Cleaver, suspect that Jess has ulterior motives and is not solely interested in merely fishing.
Jess is working as a carpenter at a local school in 19th century West Coast USA. The community is suffering a boom bust situation following the end of the Gold Rush. Jess encounters two of the pupils being bullied and in an attempt to help, discovers that the children have been living alone after their mother died and their father resorted to alcoholism.
