One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose&s calm organized life is shattered by a ballooning accident The afternoon Rose reflects could have ended in mere tragedy but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry Unknown to Rose something passes between them
- something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Rose&s beloved scientific rationalism threaten the love of his wife Clarissa & drive him to the brink of murder & madness