A railway crossing, aheadlight, an oncoming train, and a man standing paralyzed in its path.
Joseph is in mortal danger,and his "mind" is computing escape solutions...
Joseph Graybar, an FBI special agent lands in Indiato apprehend a criminal from the United States, and finds himself in the middleof a violent world, where the local police are hot on the heels of a gang ofoutlaws. His quarry, an Indian citizen, becomes the newest member of this gang,and raises the stake by a personal wager with the head outlaw, an illiteratecutthroat with an immense ego.
Stuck in a foreign land with strange customs, andeven stranger situations, Joseph becomes an impotent bystander, as the wagerexacerbates from one gory act to another. The murder of a local movie actor canonly be bested by an assassination attempt on a much grander scale; embroilingin its wake a homosexual commando, a scheming politician and a vengeful madam.
To add to Joseph's frustration, a long-standingstomach ailment turns into a painful gastric ulcer requiring immediatetreatment.
His Indian counterpart suggests a local researchinstitution and Joseph agrees to try it, albeit reluctantly as he is doubtfulof local medical expertise.
To his surprise, not only is he quickly cured of hisulcer, but is introduced to an astonishing world of international cutting-edgeresearch where Indian know-how and American expertise blend to producerevolutionary remedies. His physician,Dr. Krishna, introduces him to a visiting American, Dr. Redding, and Josephgradually discovers that the two physicians comprise a dynamic team whocomplement each others strengths - Dr. Krishna's judicious conservatismtempering the brilliant genius of Dr. Redding, in their unorthodox quest toalleviate human suffering.
Little does Joseph realize that soon he will becomean active participant in a radical experiment involving a brain implant...
