Fate's Fault

Kevin Turner has built a strong reputation as a commercial photographer and has nearly reached the top of his field. He is also a pragmatic man who takes Fate seriously, treating it as a personal rival. So when the fashion model he was hired to work with for a major agency client's two-week campaign runs off with an account executive the FBI is looking for, he is not much surprised.

Refusing to let Fate win, Kevin persuades the agency to bring in Kieley Bishop, a leading San Francisco model he dated when they were students at UC Berkeley. Kieley is available and keen to take the job, though she has hit a rough patch that is not of her own making.

The two set off on the shoot and slowly rekindle their old romance. Fate, however, is not willing to let them enjoy their good luck. It strikes with a disaster on a scale that feels almost scriptural, and the story traces the damage it leaves behind.