Walter used to be somebody, somebody with power and purpose, somebody driven by his conscience to do good and now, society tells him he′s no longer needed. In his mid-fifties, trapped in a childless marriage, his only refuge is an old dream: that of a better world. Walter can′t sleep; roaming around in the wee hours with a couple of side-kicks, he′s still keeping things in order, with force if necessary. But when the day comes that he realizes that he′s no longer wanted, Walter explodes. Sylvia, his wife, is confronted by a dilemma: to betray her husband in order to save herself. The very foundations of Walter′s world crumble and fall around him. Paths in the Night: the powerfully lyrical story of the disintegration of love and the gradual breakdown of a man′s soul.