This is the sequel to Trubshaw's Ghost. Our hero is now in his second and third terms at a very traditional English boys prep school. The year is 1951 and in it Trubshaw reaches the age of twelve. He sets out to achieve a goal, but finds opposition from the school chaplain. Will Trubshaw gets what he wants, and by what means? This is the story of a very precocious boy using his wits, and showing what he can achieve by his own very special methods. While the tale is entirely self-contained, some may appreciate it better if they have already read Trubshaw's Ghost. As with that book, it is written very much with the general reader in mind.