Lucas Salik is a heart surgeon, renowned for performing bold
experiments on other people's hearts. Ostensibly chilly, he harbours a
secret obsession for his reckless and charismatic friend Hal. When Hal
announces his intention to find a wife, Lucas is forced to carry out
his most complex operation yet: to engineer the marriage, setting it
on a perilous path to failure. But just as things appear to be working
out, Lucas starts receiving ominous letters that threaten to
jeopardize his intentions, his career - and his life. <
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Lucas Salik is a heart surgeon, renowned for
performing bold experiments on other people's hearts. Ostensibly
chilly, he harbours a secret obsession for his reckless and
charismatic friend Hal. When Hal announces his intention to find a
wife, Lucas is forced to carry out his most complex operation yet:
to engineer the marriage, setting it on a perilous path to failure.
But just as things appear to be working out, Lucas starts receiving
ominous letters that threaten to jeopardize his intentions, his
career - and his life. <
