The First

When Christopher Knowles awakens in a hospital to discover that his body has been crushed in an accident. His surgeon, Dr. Benjamin Mannstein explains that without life-support systems, he's as good as dead. Mannstein's colleague, Kevin Gertz, has been experimenting with a micro-chip device he's invented at Johns Hopkins. It's called the Gertz Router and it enables a surgeon to sever the spinal cord of one patient and patch it to the brain stem of a different person. The router shows promise, but the only donor available is that of a brain-dead, teenage GIRL. The surgery, while successful is only the beginning of their problems. Christopher's wife and daughter must grapple with this gargantuan change to their family. And to make matters worse, a right-wing terrorist group threatens what they consider an abomination against God