This is a literary thriller about a man who thinks the world owes him a living but instead discovers he owes it a death.
Dominic Merlock’s life is reaching a crescendo. He is an immature, conflicted character. A lawyer with City giant, Lantraps, he dislikes the venality, and the greed, but feels compelled to finish a race for partnership against his rival, Simon Steelson. He is also due to marry Sal. She doubts his commitment.
Amid fraud allegations that threaten the existence of the firm, he quickly finds himself out of his depth.
During a visit to the corrupt clients' offices on the Isle of Wight, Dominic gets entangled with Gwen, who wants revenge for her father’s death. Dominic falls for her and is both overwhelmed by the situation and trying to transcend it.
Meanwhile Sal, disillusioned by Dominic’s evasiveness, has met the sexually ambiguous barrister, Fletcher Haarl. They commence an affair.
Dominic enlists the help of the firm’s motorbike courier, Eddie, in an attempt to get into the partners' secret files to find proof that they are also fraudsters.
He then discovers what greedy, driven men will do in a whirl of double-speak and sudden death. Just at the moment he believes he has lost everything, he is shown the way that liberation lies.