When the earth moves under George's feet, the opportunity for him to slay a demon from his past presents itself--and leads to the issuing of a very rash challenge.
The family's attempts to commemorate Laura's birthday are disrupted by the discovery that their new home's piles are on the verge of collapsing, forcing them to move temporarily into the local motel. Then George runs into his teen surfing nemesis, Dean "The Orca" Marshall, whom he blames for his current surfing troubles.