Robyn Abram didn't realize that the gift she was offering her friends, Jeff and Ann, would spark so much controversy. When a local reporter, Manny Espinoza, exposed Robyn's identity as a surrogate to his readers and questioned whether science was circumventing the natural plan for the creation of new life, a social firestorm erupted. Two political Goliaths awoke and prepared to do battle. After a failed attempt on Robyn's life left her hospitalized and fighting for survival, they stepped up and demanded the right to determine which life would be sacrificed to save the other.