A man buys an antique boat. A veteran police detective goes fishing in northern Vermont. A beautiful woman takes a short vacation. An elderly businessman tries to hide a seventy year old crime. Runabout tells the story of how a middle-aged cop and failure at the game of life relentlessly chases the ghost of a Prohibition-era rum runner until he finds-himself.

Harvey Robertson, an ordinary American citizen of no particular importance, buys a cream-filled donut one day in November 2010. This simple act launches him into a perilous quest to save the United States from tyranny. A semi-retired technical writer, Harvey is the epitome of dull. Surprising especially himself, he proves bold, imaginative, and resourceful when the situation demands it. A Life in a Day shows how love of country, common sense, and uncommon courage--not to mention fear for one's life-- can triumph over greed and megalomania.