With the occultists in complete disarray and defeat, Oxford ought to be a city on the up. The trouble is: when the biggest bully leaves the playground, there is always another kid who wants to take his place. Drugs are becoming endemic and rumour has it they are being shipped in by a local biker gang... Daniel and his friends aren't really interested in this sort of thing but, when they witness suspicious activities while going for a jaunt along the river, their curiosity is stirred up. Can they gather enough evidence to force the authorities to act? Can they even get themselves home in one piece without sinking Kavanagh's expensive birthday present? Ahoy! Strandings – stranglings – coke and crack. Oh, and there's more difficult decisions for our hero too...