Livia Marcel can’t believe it when she learns that her friend Max is wanted by police. For murder! When she receives a mysterious note, warning that she too is under surveillance, Livvy fears for her life. Who can she trust? The boy on the boat, Cai? Her father’s old army colleagues? The shadowy Bleiddiaid?

In this fast-moving thriller, set in a land the Romans never left, Livvy must face some awkward facts about her comfortable lifestyle. In her quest for truth, she finds out that growing up brings pain as well as pleasure, worry as well as wisdom.