Zillah is a Child of the Sixth Dawn but she has stumbled on the fraudulent basis of the cults claims. so when they are all ordered to commit suicide, Zillah contrives to survive. But the leaderlso survives and he must prevent Zillah from revealing what she knows. Meanwhile Adam, brought up by the religious order The Temple, discovers his long-last father very ill in hospital. His father's few possessions include a collection of letters and documents wich reveal an extraordinary history of occult practice. And he realises that the Temple want him and his father out of the way. This absorbing and complex novel is a masterpiece of suspense by a highly successful and acclaimed author of WITCH GIRL, PIRATES and THE WISH HOUSE.