Alexander Ferrar's debut novel, the steamy, fast-paced thriller that kicked off the Heresy series and the Icarus trilogy. Palm Beach, Florida circa 1998 The exclusive island of polo, golf, and champagne brunches, yacht marinas, Mediterranean Revival mansions & two-faced gold-diggers who'll do anything to be a part of it. Across the bridge, in downtown West Palm, a new nightclub has opened, and one of the island's self-imposed exiles is trying to earn his way back. But the list of people out to stop him is getting long-like Simone Brennan. A couple of years ago, she was strutting down the catwalks of Milan, Paris, and Tokyo. Wouldn't know it to look at her now, swinging around the pole in Diabolique, g-string stuffed with ones. She's still got a day job, though. You look close enough, you can see the sticky residue of the tape that held a microphone in her cleavage that afternoon. If she's got a shot at redemption, she'll step on anyone to get it.