How does an ordinary man prevent his own murder with a simple one-page document? You accidentally kill the daughter of a powerful underworld boss. His threats give you cause to believe that your time is close at hand. What do you do? Ben Pearce finds himself in this situation. How does an average man protect himself from a force such as Victor Dracken? After days of agonizing and planning his own funeral, Ben stumbles upon a simple plan - a one-page document that will hopefully put fear into the heart of Dracken. But as with most simple plans, his becomes complicated, unleashing a chain of events that one would wish only to find in a nightmare.