Paul Whin is in his first semester at Didymus College when he becomes involved in the death of a fellow student. Tucker Zefferelli is a sophomore at a nearby Christian college, and is breaking curfew to spend his nights with his girlfriend at the house of his vacationing grandparents. Renata Pasquills is in her first year of teaching music and is trying to come to terms with a recent break-up. All of their lives converge in World of Folly, the first volume in the Ascalon, Ohio series.