Eamon Trevor cannot take a thing on faith. He must see it to believe it. His inflexible embracement of logic and reason render him blind to what others see clearly.
When the person he holds dearest in life suffers, he takes things into his own hands, and drops his stubborn mindset momentarily, and it leads him down a path he cannot, or will not, correct.
The Reasonable Damnation of Eamon Trevor is a short story of pride and faith, and the uncompromised balance of the two.