David Burger

Chloride, Arizona, Larry Dagger, forty years old, is an unemployed, ex demolition derby pilot, trying to support his wife and two children. Driving home one night, he saves a man, Johnny, who is Christlike in appearance and that he finds lying naked and wounded in the road. Vera, Larry's wife, stitches, cleans his wounds. With no money, Johnny accepts to stay with the Daggers, convinces Larry to get back into derbying. Larry becomes obsessed with the idea of building a car for the next derby and Johnny starts having an affair with Vera. This stranger's arrival in the Daggers home will change their lives forever.

Open(adj) Willing to do anything for someone's affection. The Gaze of Cleopatra is an ancient Egyptian relic that has been stolen from the city museum. Said to have mystical powers, it is worth millions. Karma, a gorgeous thief helps Horus, an unemployed man out of a financial dilemma then seduces him in to assisting her retrieve the Gaze of Cleopatra in a lucrative heist that exposes him to a very dangerous underworld. Does Horus have what it takes to survive or is he so 'open' that he may just be a pawn to be used by Karma.