From the writer of Elizabeth III comes this shocking thriller to chill the blood in your veins. A dreadful murder that shocks a small northern town is quickly forgotten... 500 years or so into the future, James is a student being instructed by the Teacher on how he must carry out a plan that has taken hundreds of years to perfect; a plan that can save the world from destruction. But in order to save the world, James must follow the Teacher's instructions to the letter. Will the truth come out about the crime that shocks the world in time to save James's life? Or is the neck of the boy from the future destined to meet with cold steel?