This fifth installment of the "Father Gilbert" series begins with a train crash and the strange kidnapping of Bill Drake, Father Gilbert’s best friend. Two unrelated events—but are they? The clues are scattered far and wide, over space and time, and putting them together seems impossible. The newly-captured kidnapper certainly isn’t going to admit to anything. And Bill Drake’s heart condition is like a ticking bomb—forcing Father Gilbert to choose between his ruthless instincts as a former detective and his calling as a compassionate priest. Time is running out.