There was something touchingly waiflike about young Nicholas from the moment that Tori Duncan first saw him fighting back the tears in the dark streets of Perth. She decided then and there that if Nicky had parents, they wren't the caring sort! But she soon discovered there was another side to Nicky's story - another side that included a very angry, very caring father, Grant Stalker - and the discovery that she had been taken in by an expert was little consolation. - back cover