When Doc Ford saves from assassination a controversial former president of the United States who is staying on an island off Florida's west coast, he has no idea what he's just let himself in for. Kal Wilson knows that he has only a short time to live, and he has a full agenda. Just months ago, his wife was killed in a plane crash while carrying medical supplies to Nicaragua--a tragic accident, everyone agreed. Except Wilson is sure it was no accident, and he intends to do something about it. All he needs right now is someone to spring him loose from his security detail, keep him alive for two weeks, and then get him back. And that someone is Ford--whether he likes it or not.