Ash Lynch has worked in the magazine industry for what feels like forever. But he's at a very loose end - his ambition has stalled and his personal life at a standstill.

At yet another of his work colleagues' birthday drinks, Ash eyes Zoe and it's infatuation at first sight. Unfortunately if he's receiving any positive signals from Zoe he's oblivious to them. So it's not entirely surprising when his more enterprising work-mate, Evan, lands Zoe before the week's out.

Ash finds some sort of solace hanging out with Miller, a loner taking a break from his trip around Australia to work at the local (birthday drinks) bar. Ash and Miller quickly become mates and a weird turn of events finds them taking off overseas - for Ash the first of many firsts to come. Their bittersweet journey takes them from Amsterdam to Berlin and onto Athens where almost nothing is familiar.

But will Cali, the girl Ash met in Amsterdam and hasn't been able to get out of his mind since, be the one for him? And is he brave enough to visit her on her isolated Greek island to find out? Or is his sojourn going to dead-end back in Australia with yet another potential relationship biting the dust? Will Ash find a home that makes sense? (added by author)