It's Autumn 2014. The Scots have voted for devolution and a leader of an unpopular coalition is fretting about the forthcoming general election. Meanwhile Tim Ryder, a junior minister, is undergoing what his wife Margo terms a mid-life crisis. But is it? As Ryder attempts to reevaluate his life, his relationships and his career, he realises he is in the grip of circumstances he cannot control. This is a fast-paced novel set in London, Edinburgh, the northwest of England and the USA. It is a story of human adversity set against a backdrop of political wheeling and dealing. It is a tale for our times. This is Paul Gubbins' second novel in English. He writes also in the international language Esperanto.