Virgils journey was mixed, orphaned and left in the hands of a tyrannical grandmother he and his sister embark on a journey to England where their lives change and his true calling begins.Virgil Cormack, is Pitts man in revolutionary France, He is charged with finding out what is happening in Paris of the 1790s but is caught up in a macabre game instigated by the Brotherhood of the Hawks and along the way finds a love that he did not think existed.

The year is 1800; it is a time of allegiances and betrayal. Virgil Cormack is in Russia, he and the girl have entered the country through the back door. He does not want to be there, he sees no advantage for Great Britain in this venture. Nevertheless, he is a professional and will do what he must do to see the mission through. An old foe emerges much to his surprise. Friends become Enemies as the story twists and turns; it pulls the emotions in all directions. The characters are strong and interlock perfectly within the story.