SUICIDE, ACCIDENT, OR MURDER? George, a renowned psychiatrist, is treating a cabinet minister for autoerotic asphyxia, a dangerous sexual deviation. The minister is found dead, attached to his apparatus. George and Julia, a patient who is blackmailing him, become suspects. HIGH TREASON In trying to protect George, the minister gives him a copy of data which, in an act of high treason, he has sent to Iran. This allows the rapid development of a nuclear bomb. But George becomes the target of MI5, MI6, and arms dealers, who believe he has a copy of the data, and will go to any lengths to get it. SHARED ORDEALS With the help of three ex-patients, including Julia, George tries to stop the data, now his life insurance, falling into the wrong hands. Does facing many challenges and ordeals together create psychological benefits? Has George invented Ordeal Therapy?