An Extraordinary Turn of Events

Waking up on a gurney in a hospital in Southern California, Geronimo Vang is presumably deceased after overdosing on "enough heroin to kill an elephant." But, when the two attendants who are supposed to prepare his body for the morgue go outside to get high first, Geronimo comes to and escapes from the hospital.  Reimagining his life after moving to NYC, Geronimo buys a new identity in Chinatown. He is also chosen by fate to meet the owner of the Mercer Street Bookstore, who offers Geronimo