The darkest sides of humanity are explored in a tale that starts in the 14th century and reaches its conclusion some time in the not so distant future. Powerful characters conspire to their own selfish ends whilst the forces of good struggle to maintain the inherent virtue of our own species. Mystery and the familiar rub shoulders in this exploration of the everyday world, where the terrible truth of mankind's capacity for inhumanity is exposed in disturbingly real terms. For the reader, this is a voyage of discovery that will both challenge and disturb. On completion of this voyage the intrepid explorer will never view the world again from any previous perspective.