Flight Path

The Buddhist precept of avihiṃsā or ahimsa calls for the reverence of all living creatures. Forensic pathologist Bodhi King's efforts to walk this path might just get him killed.

Bodhi's restorative solo camping trip to the Chesapeake Bay takes a sad turn when he comes across a dead bird on the beach. Then another. And another. When he reports the avian deaths to a ranger, he learns there's been a mass die-off. The ranger enlists Bodhi to autopsy the birds over his objections that he's not a...