Tubten Norbu wants nothing. Literally. Not death. That doesn't solve anything. With death you just have to do it all over again. No, what he wants is dissolution into the cosmic void: nirvana. And with the thangka and its four mystic incantations maybe he had what he needed to get there. Until someone stole it.

Brian Ericson, on the other hand, wants it all. Sex, money and everything samsara has to offer. So when the opportunity presents itself in the shape of Aurelie Chaumet, Brian can't say 'no' and his friend Edward Fuller can't stop him. Aurelie, however, is less...