This is a realistic story of human passion and weakness behind the ultramodern fatade of a big city hospitalùthe saga of Kurt Severton, an brilliant surgeon who feels duty-bound to prevent a whitewash of a bungled operation by his chief, Dr. Tolliver.

ThereÆs Donna, TolliverÆs wifeùhot, vibrant, and eager to loveùwho thrusts herself wantonly into SevertonÆ€™s life.

And Marti, his mistress, who gives him everything a woman can give: love, loyalty, passion. But above all, there is SevertonÆs guilty conscience. Has he the right to expose a colleagueÆ€™s professional mistake when his own personal life is not above reproach?