It is 2004 and the start of Michaelmas term at the University of Allminster. The students are returning to their studies and the forensic psychiatrist, Professor Power, has been entrusted with developing a brand-new medical school for the University. Power approaches the venture with customary enthusiasm but faces jealousy and antagonism from certain of his academic colleagues who will go to any length to derail the scheme. It becomes apparent that other evils are at work in the chill grey cloisters of Allminster when a quiet, elderly professor with vital information to pass on to Power, is shockingly found dead in the Cathedral before he can pass the message on. Investigations reveal he has been hiding a secret and intriguing past. The mystery deepens as a senior academic goes missing on a business trip to the university in Valletta. Fearful for his safety Power and Detective Lynch fly to Malta to scour the island for the vanished scholar. In this fast-paced psychological thriller, Power and Lynch battle new foes who wield a frightening new technology, all the while trying to escape the clutches of an International crime ring that is tightening its grip on little Malta.