" . . . [I]f you look at your life as a chain of events, each responsible for the next and caused by the last, where does any story begin?" Part One begins at Haven, during the events of the Serenity film (2518). Book wanders into the hold, where Mal and Zoe are wrestling with an arms dealer who pulled a gun on them. Book moves on to his bunk and begins to pray. Part Three: Southdown Abbey, two years earlier. (2514) Book is kneeling in prayer, just like on the ship. He asks for guidance to "follow the path of righteousness and never stumble from it." Book picks up his suitcase and rolling case.