John Kershaw was a well-respected family man in London's high society to the outside world, but things were not as they seemed to be. On the surface, they lived an idealistic life along with their inner circle of friends, some of them totally unaware of any misgivings about John Kershaw, the owner of a highly successful engineering company. The families are intertwined with danger, conflict, and betrayal that begin to unfold in the charades that John Kershaw and his best friend, Charles Winters, play in this story of intrigue. They both live in denial of a sinister consortium that binds their families together. Will any of them escape as the families are plunged into chasm of deceit?