Two brothers fall out after a family secret is revealed and when the dispute turns to violence one of them ends up in prison. On his release, he digs into his background in the hope of resolving some of the issues which have been troubling him. His research takes him to Ireland, where he finds, not only the answers he seeks, but a route to a new life free of conflict. This is the second book in the Templederry Trilogy. The Learning Curves is the first; The Legacy is the last.