'A fast moving, sometimes brutal journey, into honour and love. Jeffrey Hancock, a country journalist of little repute. His excesses have caught up with him. Local government makes investments in New York. Some say there are commissions, Jeffrey says corruption. He is about to publish. A gunshot. Hospital, surgery. A Narcissistic assassin. Armand. Bikers. The Global Financial Crisis descends. Markets meltdown. Jeffrey’s fill-in, Miranda, arrives. The editor cowardly kills himself, Billy Worthington, Jeffrey’s best mate is murdered just as he becomes aware he is a father. The mother of the child was brutalised by Armand, Cheryl gets her revenge. A relationship occurs. Others die for Jeffrey’s quest. But what if the truth be told?'(Publication summary)