In this fifth volume of the Piers-Roland-Andre series, the tensions are heightened even further. Roland's ex-wife pops up, Piers' mother finds out about his son's past relations with Roland, and Andre Duclos is placed in an English boarding school after a horrendous attack in Paris. Surprise follows surprise. Once again, Robin Eddy admits the reader into an entirely uncharted world, in which taboos are often brushed aside.