Adam Knox comes from a long line of patrician Connecticut doctors a line he broke to serve with an NGO in the war-torn Central African Republic. His attempt to protect his patients there from a brutal militia ended in disaster and disgrace, and now he runs a clinic near Los Angeles's Skid Row, making ends meet by making house calls cash only, no questions asked on those too famous or too criminal to seek other medical care.
Summary: Adam Knox comes from a long line of patrician Connecticut doctors a line he broke to serve with an NGO in the war-torn Central African Republic. His attempt to protect his patients there from a brutal militia ended in disaster and disgrace, and now he runs a clinic near Los Angeles's Skid Row, making ends meet by making house calls cash only, no questions asked on those too famous or too criminal to seek other medical care.