In 1995, an Air Force test pilot’s Osprey tiltrotor helicopter is sabotaged and crashes into the Pacific Ocean. The co-pilot’s body is recovered from the partially submerged aircraft, but the pilot vanishes without a trace. An extensive search yields nothing, and he is presumed lost at sea.
Weeks later, a local fisherman off the coast of Molokai, Hawaii, discovers an unconscious survivor clinging to life on a raft. When the man is finally revived in a Molokai hospital nearly a month later, he has no memory of who he is and carries no identification. For the next twenty-nine years, he survives alone on the island, known only as Whitey, eking out a living through seasonal farm work and occasional tours for visitors, all while grappling with total amnesia.
A chance photograph captures him in the background at a Molokai lookout, where the cliffs descend to an old leper colony below. The image sparks the curiosity of a retired physician from Rochester, New York, whose older brother recognizes the uncanny resemblance. Harry Esten, a retired FBI agent and former classmate of the missing pilot’s brother, launches a determined search to uncover the truth behind the elusive Whitey.
By 2024, Whitey’s life becomes entwined with an estranged wife, a devoted brother, a greedy military contractor, a corrupt aircraft mechanic, and a skilled psychotherapist. Join Harry and his wife, Laura, as they navigate a world of murder, sabotage, heartbreak, and hidden memories, risking everything to help an old classmate unravel decades-old mysteries and bring those responsible to justice.
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