Any person’s life can go horribly wrong due to the actions of others. The event may come from a family member, be connected to one’s work, or a random occurrence. Ben Winslow is an innocent victim of happenings in his personal and professional life. He is a well trained, respected detective working for DEA. His world comes crashing down violently involving his wife and a drug king in such a way that he loses complete control. His actions bring on a conviction for murder and temporary insanity. In prison he meets a prisoner who is innocent. Ben hears the man's story and the gross misjustice of being convicted of a murder he didn't do. His trial was a travesty filled with prejudiced testimony and lies. Ben believes him and he becomes driven to find the real killer and set the man free when he is released from prison. When he is released early Ben goes to work to clear this man of the murder charges. He has taken on a very dangerous investigation involving a twenty year old murder case. A number of parties learn of his digging into the old case and become determined to stop him from reopening it. They do not want an appeal of the convicted man's case for their own reasons. Ben is warned by an unknown person attempt to stop him with a strong message. He is not deterred from his mission and continues todig into the history of the murder case. Ben is nearly killed on two occasions and the sheriff who is his friend begs him to leave it alone. But he persists and a suspect hitherto unknown and a key witness are uncovered to provide vital information. A fast moving mystery and a story of how two men's lives become intertwined. The true purpose of the friendship that leads to the new investigation is revealed at the end of the story It is a story concerning two strangers who bond as men whose lives have been destroyed by the actions of others.