Whether riding his fiery black stalion, dancing with royalty in London, or dodging his enemies through the Scottish woods, former resistance fighter and M16 agent, Henri Bolkonsky, lives life on the edge. Sent to the Lothian Academy in the far reaches of Scotland to hide from a band of ex-Nazis determined to assassinate him in their effort to stop him from testifying at the Nuremberg Trials, he meets trouble from another source, students who believe he himself is a Nazi. With his location in Scotland revealed by a newspaper article, Henri's survival skills are put to the test, but always before him is his goal of retribution for family members murdered by the Nazis as he was forced to watch. Henri daringly dodges his pursuers through London and across Scotland to a stunning and emotional conclusion.