Edward Warren, 23, has been living in Thailand for five years, a
prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his
father, Luke. But he gets a frantic phone call: His dad lies comatose in
a NH hospital, gravely injured in the same accident that has also
injured his younger sister Cara.
Cara, 17, still holds a grudge against her brother, since his
departure led to her parents’ divorce. In the aftermath, she’s lived
with her father – an animal conservationist who became famous after
living with a wild wolf pack in the Canadian wild. It is impossible for
her to reconcile the still, broken man in the hospital bed with her
vibrant, dynamic father.
With Luke’s chances for recovery dwindling, Cara wants to wait for a
miracle. But Edward wants to terminate life support and donate his
father’s organs. Is he motivated by altruism, or revenge? And to what
lengths will his sister go to stop him from making an irrevocable
decision?
LONE WOLF looks at the intersection between medical science and moral
choices. If we can keep people who have no hope for recovery alive
artificially, should they also be allowed to die artificially? Does the
potential to save someone else’s life with a donated organ balance the
act of hastening another’s death? And finally, when a father’s life
hangs in the balance, which sibling should get to decide his fate?
Sunday, October 21, 2012
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