ARGONAUT BOOKS

Lanzarote on New Year's Day: Henning is cycling up the steep path to Femes. As he struggles against the wind and the gradient he takes stock of his life. He has a job, a wife, two children - yet hardly recognises himself anymore. Panic attacks have been pouncing on him like demons. When he finally reaches the pass in utter exhaustion, a mysterious coincidence unveils a repressed yet vivid memory, plunging him back into childhood and the traumatic event that almost cost him and his sister their lives.