Once more Adrian Burton and his young partner, Rowan Rolf, confront a baffling crime scene. Investigating on an army base where military authorities would be content to dismiss a tragic mass killing as an unfortunate accident, nothing seemed to fit the circumstances. Amidst the furore caused by the incident, a young software engineer confronts the challenges of a precarious marriage, the intellectual and emotional battles of his religious past and encounters with those who confront him with their spiritual reality. This case goes back to Rolf's early years in the force.