In 1965, nineteen-year-old Robin Farnham believes he ran over an old man but on stopping his car, finds no body, merely a gold bracelet of a snake biting its tail.

In 1981, sixteen-year-old Jane Foster is sexually abused by her adoptive father and attacks him before fleeing to London where she consults Dr Peter Lakmaker, a psychiatrist.

In 2021, now retired, Farnham is diagnosed with Alzheimer's and prescribed a drug on clinical trial. He attempts suicide but awakes in hospital to be told he is suspected of murder. Protected from the police by Dr Lakmaker, Robin is encouraged to write about his life to monitor the new drug's effectiveness.

Over a period of half a century, Robin and Jane's lives are interrelated although it is not until the year 2000, they finally meet. Robin's quest for the truth behind his involvement in not one, but three murders and Jane's tormented search for her birth parents and the close family relationship denied her as a child are muddied by the strangely prophetic Oroborous bracelet Robin wears and the appearance of the vengeance seeking Krait.

Separating fact from fiction has rarely presented more of a challenge, for the characters in the story or the reader.

About the Author
During half a century in magazine publishing, Bob Farrand launched the Guild of Fine Food, the umbrella organisation for the protection of speciality food and drink, published Fine Food Digest and Good Cheese, created the Great Taste Awards and the World Cheese Awards, and wrote The Cheese Handbook, a personal selection of eighty of the world's great cheeses published by Hamlyn in 2000.


Book Information
ISBN 9781803130675
Author Bob Farrand
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint Matador
Publisher Troubador Publishing