"Patrick Cosgrove used to think he'd do anything to get out of Sandstone State Reformatory. Fifteen years on the inside for a victimless crime, under the care of a warden whose penchant for violence is legendary--surely nothing could be worse. When a Samaritan act by a psychologist he's never met places Cosgrove in the care of Roland "Doc" Luther, Cosgrove can't believe his luck. Doc claims that Cosgrove owes him nothing, and seems at times like the most decent man alive. But at other times, Doc's potential for cruelty seems unimaginable, and Cosgrove discovers that freedom's not as freeing as he thought it would be--especially when it might end up getting him killed"--Page 4 of cover.