An American businessman finds himself in prison in a foreign land for a crime he did not commit.
American businessman Nick Grocchi has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Turkmenistand for a crime he did not commit. But one day he is released to go back to the U.S.A. to undergo an ultra-experimental genetic protocol for a life-threatening case of melanoma. Surviving skin cancer, however, is not Nick's only problem. A political U.S. politician will do whatever's necessary to assure that Nick does not uncover who framed him and why.
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Nick Grocchi woke up to find himself strapped down on a bed. He had no idea where he was and felt nauseous when he opened his eyes. He quickly closed his eyes and tried to block out the pain from his cancerous skin condition that the medications they’d given to him had not lessened. After a minute he opened his eyes again cautiously. He could tell that he was no longer on the airplane that had flown him out of Turkmenistan, but in some kind of medical facility – hopefully in a hospital at a U.S. military base or even better, back in the U.S. of A.
Forced to put the schooner Heimdall into dry-dock for repairs and modifications, the crew chooses to holiday in Southern Utah so they can rendezvous with the Professor, a brilliant confidant from Rabat. What he shares at the summit stuns the crew and