His 18-year-old son is dying from a life-long heart condition, and the only hope he has for survival is a heart transplant from a man about to be executed for murder. Truman is approached by the convicted man's wife to write a book, tell his story. As Truman gathers information for the story, evidence points more and more toward the possibility of a different killer. Truman is faced with a life-or-death dilemma: should he allow a man who may be innocent to die so that his own son can live, or should he follow the truth?