Ricky Anderson is a budding nuclear physicist par excellence, has rugged good looks, a gorgeous girlfriend, job offers aplenty, in fact, he has it all. Well, almost all.

His beloved mother has lost her way in life ever since the heart-breaking day when her husband lost his life in a horrific road traffic accident, and her life is spiralling out of control. Now the mixed fortunes of mother and son are about to meet head-on in another devastating 'car crash', as Ricky goes on the run for a crime he didn't commit and with a whole cast of cops, corrupt politicians, seedy businessmen and ruthless underworld enforcers on his trail. Can Ricky outwit his pursuers and prove his own innocence - or is he really a dead man walking?