A Waking Nightmare

Jacob Severson is a well respected author of several crime dramas, and he has been known to work with fictional characters, with always a semblance of truth behind them. When he awakes in the hospital being told that he has been poisoned and he only has a week to live, he sets out to find those responsible and bring them to justice.

A woman named Maria joins him on his quest as his own personal physician to keep his mind and body sharp during this ordeal.