In Any Townsville east side of America, fiftysomething Gary Elliott calls in to pick up an online order from a clothes store. One conversation with twentysomething assistant Taylor and Gary is sure he is in love. Even when Taylor later reveals a shocking fact, Gary is determined to stick by her.Bullets fly, the body count starts to mount, dollar bills in their thousands appear and disappear, and a group hovering on the right of right wing politics recruit Gary and Taylor into their ranks. And the appearance of a mysterious woman who takes no prisoners only adds to their increasingly dangerous predicament.But still Gary stands firm by his new-found love. And, folks, Gary is no John Doe with a history of Afghanistan and Iraq tours; or a store of guns in his back room; or a spare time spent as a black belt in martial arts. He really is a John Doe, a semi-retired college lecturer, and all he has to protect himself and Taylor are words. And a long history of time spent watching movies and TV shows.Will he and Taylor survive as the story takes an ever more twisted path? And is Taylor's love for Gary real or just an act of convenience?