Chance Reed had all the money and fame that came with being a pro quarterback, until one fateful night of drinking turned tragic. He put a young woman in a wheelchair and himself in prison. Three years later, he’s out on parole and finds himself working in the mail room of a Los Angeles insurance agency. While it’s not the best job, it’s all that this ex con could manage and having this job is required by the terms of his probation. Little does he know, opportunity is about to beat down the door. When eccentric, best-selling novelist Waldo Greene ends up in a mental hospital, Chance is summoned up to the penthouse of the chairman of the insurance company. This is not any insurance company. Henderson And Motley specialize in celebrities and specialty policies; whether it’s a singer’s vocal cords, a dancer’s knees, or in this particular case Waldo Greene’s mind. The chairman, Cyrus Motley, believes Waldo is faking the mental illness and attempting to defraud the system, so he employs Chance to go to the hospital and interview Waldo, who has been able to outsmart three previous insurance investigators. Motley believes Waldo won’t suspect Chance, after all he’s merely a mail room monkey, but for good measure Chance’s cover story is he’s a writer for Arizona Pen Magazine. Chance has two choices, interview Waldo, to see if he’s scamming the insurance company, or go back to jail. The interview begins simple enough, until Waldo decides to break out of the ward and take Chance hostage at gunpoint. So begins the wild road trip to Arizona. Along the way, two damaged souls find adventure, betrayal, and healing under the desert sun. At the end of this journey some truths are made apparent, and not everything is what it seems.