Sixteen years on from his sister's disappearance, freelance journalist Brad Dalby believes he's finally getting closer to the truth. But as he goes deeper and deeper down the rabbit-hole, he's no longer sure who to trust. What is the "ridicule reflex"? Who controls the world's governments? Eventually, the can of worms he opens reveals a shocking secret, and possibly the greatest cover-up in the history of mankind

While journalist Brad Dalby languishes in jail charged with homicide, his close friends and their associates plot to bring down a control-system intent on world-domination. What is the connection between a mystic woman and the Santa Syndrome? Can a movement which embraces an ethos of peace be any match against the forces of evil? In a final confrontation between dark and light, the answer is revealed.