About the Book Pierces life recently went to crap, and Hal is at his own crossroads. Pierce must find the knight in shining armor he used to be before Christmas becomes a doomsday deadline of heartbreak instead of a celebration of love. Book Synopsis Pierce Atwater used to think he was a knight in shining armor, but then his life fell to crap. Now he has no job, no wife, no life--and is so full of self-pity he cant even be decent to the one family member hes still speaking to. He heads for Florida, where hes got a month to pull his head out of his ass before he ruins his little sisters Christmas. Harold Justice Lombard the Fifth is at his own crossroads--he can keep being Hal, massage therapist in training, flamboyant and irrepressible to the bones, or he can let his parents rule his life. Hal takes one look at Pierce and decides theyre fellow unicorns out to make the world a better place. Pierce cant reject Hals overtures of friendship, in spite of his misgivings about being too old and too pissed off to make a good friend. As they experience everything from existential Looney Tunes to eternal trips to Target, Pierce becomes more dependent on Hals optimism to get him through the day. When Hal starts getting him through the nights too, Pierce must look inside for the knight he used to be--before Christmas becomes a doomsday deadline of heartbreak instead of a celebration of love.