Allan Daniels's life is in crisis-triple crisis, in fact-but is there any way out?Happily married with two adored children, a successful architect and avid amateur aviator, Allan Daniels finds his life turning into a nightmare when his wife suddenly announces that she wants a separation, maybe a divorce. Two days later, as he is piloting a seaplane from Long Island to Key West, the engine of his Cessna 185 sputters, then quits. Managing to land safely in the Everglades, he is found by a disheveled Native American man who turns out to be a fugitive from justice. When Daniels gets into a fight with his rescuer, he inadvertently kills him then steals his boat, only to be rescued again and then relentlessly interrogated by a savvy local lawman. But Daniels's confession of guilt will set off a whole new chain of events that will change his life forever.