This is the story of a boy, a tunnel, a prep school, a bully, a riding accident and revenge. Stephen is new to a progressive prep school in the midst of the Shropshire countryside. Arriving a term late, he is picked on by one of the boys and challenged to a dare.The dare goes wrong and the tables are turned, the bully is buried in a tunnel. Only Stephen knows that he is there. Back at school, Stephen starts to enjoy school for the first time. Perhaps it would be better for everyone if the bully remained buried. What would you do? What should Stephen do?