Why would a man escape from prison the day before his release?Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery in which four people died, including two of the gang. Seven million dollars were never recovered and everybody believes that Audie knows where the money is.For ten years he has been beaten, stabbed and threatened by prison guards and inmates, who all want to know his secret. But suddenly Audie vanishes, the day before he''s due to be released.Everybody wants to find Audie, but he''s not running. Instead he''s trying to save a life . . . and not just his own.