When Myron Bolitar is asked to find missing sportsman Greg Downing, it brings back a whole load of unwanted memories. He and Greg were once rivals - not just in sport, but for a woman they both loved.



At Greg's house, Myron finds blood in the basement - lots of it. And when he discovers a body, he begins to unravel the strange, violent world of a national hero gone wrong, as he comes face to face with a past he can't relive and a present he may not survive.