W. M. Neuman

Risk: when Doing the Right Thing is the Only Thing W. M. Neuman

It had been eight years since Paul Cambridge walked out of the jungle and away from his old life with the government. Now as a hospital chaplain in search of redemption, Paul risks being pulled back into that old life when a mysterious John Doe suddenly turns violent. Hearing the next morning that John had been found dead, Paul wonders if there is more to this patient's catatonic rhymes of "Prof, you have to stop them" and "Have to protect Katie" Searching for the truth, Paul follows the clue that Katie is somewhere in the hospital. Running into his old CIA handler, Chris O'Neil, Paul learns that not only are they after the same woman but also that the groups Chris has been tracking might be the people behind the threat that the two patients uncovered. Revealing some of what he knows to Paul about the groups, Chris can only describe them as a live version of the board game Risk. Paul is now forced to make a decision. Does he risk sliding back into his old life to protect Katie, or does he walk away?