REQUIEM (n) a musical composition setting parts of a requiem Mass, or of a similar character; an act or token of remembrance. In the fourth novel of the Sommersett series, the gang are nailing the adult world at large: working, socialising and parenting. The all-too distant dreams of their childhood were now misting into the past, outlining how the rich layers of youth do actually sculpt you into the person you become in later life. It is those very strengths that forge you to climb, or release you to fall. Blindsided, the friends are faced with a change of such extremes they must look inside themselves and each other to be able to deal with the new lifestyle they all must accept, without their consent. Are the strong, strong enough? Will this eternal band of friends ever feel that life can be the same again? Fate can make you or break you, and this was one instance where the dice could roll either way.