It is 1923 and the War is over. A superficial normality has returned to the world. Kit Hardwicke and Robbie Ferguson have settled down together in the Scottish Highlands, and they and their friends are trying to make their own way through the post-war world. But a deep psychological rift lies underneath this new society, and it is being exploited by an international gang of criminals, intent on making vast fortunes by manipulating markets. As insurance,...