An improbable chain of events, started by a stray nail on the road, lands otherwise unrelated people in Miami's trauma center. Dr. Carl Willis, chairman of the hospital board, forces reluctant Proctor to stand in when the annual sponsors dinner key speaker falls trough, as public budget cuts make extra donations vital to keep the ward open at all. proctor turns the bizarre case, requiring 17 specialists to collaborate, into a diagnostic detective story to entertain the sponsors and convince them there's no valid alternative.
—KGF Vissers