The Price of an American Dream

Merlin Thomas grows up in a blue-collar working-class family during the forties and fifties. Even though he has a decent education a keen mind classic good looks and no shortage of female attention he isnt content. He just cant contain his disdain for the elitist world he is supposed to crave. After a serious auto accident cripples Ron Carter one of his classmates-while Merlin is in the drivers seat-Merlin decides to follow his ambitions to medical school struggling to balance his uncontrolled lust for women with his commitment to academic success. His classmate however chooses a much darker path through life. Years later Ron is now the head of a powerful crime syndicate full of resentment and the desire for revenge. He offers Merlin the chance to pay off his excessive debts and sooner than he realizes the young doctor is caught up in a web of embezzlement murder and lies. Now Merlin is a wanted man on the run from powerful enemies in a Mexican drug cartel. If hes not careful hell lose not only his freedom but his life. Will a staged death and escape into Mexico ensure his future?