A boy exiles himself from his family through a shocking act of violence. Years later, having built a new life he returns to try to understand his past. He attempts to reconcile with his family but the closer he gets to them, the more he sets the course for disaster.

Starting at the point of the final tragedy, we discover through four narrators the fabric of lies on which all their live were built, and how deep wounds can go.

After time at medical college, Martin worked as a labourer, showman, pancake chef, fire technician, and design engineer for London Underground. From years living in South London, his writing explores a world where wealth and poverty exist side by side, and paradise can be a place to stay, a change of identity or a wall of lager cans, and the biggest mistake a person can make is to start believing their own myths.