Carter Talbot has served Her Majestys Government for all his adult life. He needs a rest.

Nearly forty years in the Army and the FCO have taken him around the Worlds trouble spots, and into loads of trouble. His character and training have seen him through the worst of times. Now, its time to share his stories. He takes a pen name and hides away in the Outer Hebrides to write his memoirs.

His well-deserved retirement is shattered when an unexpected element of the past catches up with him, leading into a whirlpool of long dormant emotions. A personal history of war, lost love...