Brenton Brown is sixteen, mixed race and has been abandoned by his mother. Emotionally scarred by this, he is desperate to find his identity and decides to search for her. He succeeds, and everything is going wonderfully until he falls for his half-sister, Juliet. He also encounters his nemesis in Terry Flynn, a killer who scars him for life. Determined for revenge, this New London Writers prize-winning novel concludes explosively with Brenton clinging to his sanity by a mere thread. 'A triumph' - The Times