How good are people? Let me tell you, Dee: people are as good as the pair of eyes they believe is on them...

When Claudia Talwar is called to meet a mysterious visitor in the reception of her Manchester office block, she can''t believe her eyes. It''s Samson Glaze, former hippy turned internationally famous entrepreneur, and the fifteen-years-absent father figure of her youth.

It doesn''t take much for Samson to convince her to help find his son, Reggie Glaze, who''s got into a bit of trouble: namely, he''s joined a group called Tarantula who wear black armbands and seem obsessed with ''the next world''.

Before she knows it, Claudia finds herself swept into a dark adventure of solar power, a hammer wielding assassin, and the end of our world . . .

''Trevelyan''s prose is wholly readable, with wonderful, concise details that conjure full moments in perfect little capsules'' Dublin Inquirer