Tom Aldridge, a rising politician in Nova Scotia, is used to juggling many tasks and bringing order out of chaos. He is as adept at steering government policy as he is at directing plays. But an unexpected opportunity comes into his life--and then a series of challenges. How much can he juggle?

Jeremy Akerman is an adoptive Nova Scotian who has lived in the province since 1964. In that time he has been an archaeologist, a radio announcer, a politician, a senior civil servant, a newspaper editor and a film actor.He is painter of landscapes and portraits, a singer of Irish folk songs, a lover of wine, and a devotee of history, especially of the British Labour Party.