In the Silence of Time, volume 2 A lone girl on the run from her would-be slavers, disguised, travelling north on foot. Can she make it all the way to the Lookout? Powerful men want her dead; their net is closing. Sir Valentine: murderer, cruel abuser of women. He has a toy – a device, hidden in a locked room. It gives him much pleasure – its straps, levers, pulleys… Alex Regan, on the run from himself again – on the run from love, from commitment. He’s hurting, fleeing from situations that might bring yet more pain. But one evening, in the glow of a campfire… Jacob Crowan, his dream shattered, erects a mausoleum to lost love. He brought something back secretly from London, something that was in the ground, something in a baize-covered, lozenge- shaped box about six feet long… Knox and Stella join forces against their one-time associate. But time’s running out for them – even for their souls. Massed assassins ride to the Lookout for a final confrontation. It’ll be easy, they think – dealing with a mere girl… As for Kate – does anyone know what she might be capable of? Can anyone envision the outcome of a conflict with such a creature? Does anyone really know who or what Kate is?