HE SPECIALIZED IN MEDICAL MIRACLES. NOW, IT'S HIS CAREER THAT'S ON LIFE SUPPORT

Dr. Jack Eisner has a reputation for saving lives. So when the emergency-room physician goes home from Blakemore General Hospital one night after treating a particularly tough Level III trauma case, he chalks up yet another "save." But some problems take time to show themselves. And when the patient dies a short while later, hospital administrators blame Dr. Eisner, pointing to an apparently foolish error. How, amid hospital recriminations and threatened lawsuits, Dr. Eisner-still smarting from a painful breakup with his beloved Sophia-makes a break with civilization, piling his life into a 1950s sailboat and setting off for wherever the wind takes him. It's a journey that will bring him face to face with his own mortality as he confronts a slew of threats, from monstrous storms to menacing Cuban police patrols on the high seas. Meanwhile, a young defense lawyer is discovering Dr. Eisner might not be at fault for the tragedy. Can the accused stay alive along enough to see his name cleared?