The Big C - a.k.a Sol (Solomon), an ex-member of the "USSR Academy of Medical Sciences", dissident, master illusionist of the "New Coney Island Vaudeville Sideshow" and possessor of the 5th highest I.Q. ever recorded, opens a holistic cancer research center / dispensary. His unconventional methods as well as his unusual rate of successful cures, places him in the sights of some very powerful enemies - the drug cartels (as Sol calls the Big Pharma) as well as the number one alternative cancer cure enemy "The American Cancer Fraternity"
The conflict escalates and becomes a shadow war that tests Sol's intelligence and the skill of his friends - Alon, the ex-IDF intelligence operative - Encyclopedia Stavros, the human memory bank - Akasha, the mesmerizing snake charmer - Lexiconia, the illustrated woman - Lahava, the fire handler - Mei-Lin, the sword swallower and expert acupuncturist - Leu the human seal, as well as the rest of the vaudeville sideshow family.