The secret curing spring had a side effect - gender change
On the hottest day of 1985, a Miami court judge witnesses the conviction of one, Gabriel Evans. The jury has declared Evans guilty based on an eyewitness account given by Zion, the brother of protagonist's girlfriend, Olivia Rivera. A year later, it is revealed that Evans is innocent and that the crime was, in fact, committed by Zion Rivera himself. A deeply pained protagonist cuts off all ties with Olivia and starts living a reclusive life. He misses Olivia and their torrid affair, though.
Thirty years later, ageing Kiyoshi (protagonist) desires to be young again. He reads about the mystic waters of the submerged temples in south India, which are rumored to have the powers to transform the old into the young. The temples are supposed to be located somewhere between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.