Phil Rouss realises a lifelong dream when he opens an antique auto restoration business with his long-time friend Steve White. They divide the work – Rouss will restore the cars and Steve will handle the books.

The business is an immediate success, but within weeks Rouss is struck down with a mysterious illness. He wakes at night bathed in sweat, has such severe chest pains he’s sure he’s having a heart attack and eventually develops a rare lung fungus.

His baffled doctors send him from specialist to specialist looking for a diagnosis. But months later, Rouss thinks he’s found the source of his strange illness when he discovers that his partner has financially ruined their business and has taken a huge life insurance policy out on him.