Back in 1964, Peter Redburn and his best friend Richard had spent a golden summer holiday playing out their special game - a private world of secret rituals and oaths of loyalty sworn for eternity It was all very innocent - until James and Kate joined in And then, one night, their childish game turned to tragedy Now an adult, Peter has never been able to escape his own feelings of guilt about the events that summer So when he stumbles across a hoard of childhood memories, he knows he must search out the truth With a funeral bringing all participants together again, bitter rivalries and sordid secrets are about to be unearthed