In 1935 Dr. Robert Cornish stunned the world by bringing a dead dog back to life. The press went wild. They renamed the dog 'Lazarus IV'. But Cornish paid a high price for his fame: his academic reputation was ruined by the hysteria that followed. Find out what happened when, ten years later, he was given the chance to attempt to resuscitate an executed convict at San Quentin prison. Could Cornish allow a killer to be Lazarus V?
