Summer 1972 In the claustrophobic heat eleven-year-old Byron & his friend begin Operation Perfect' a hapless mission to rescue Byron's mother from impending crisis Winter present day As frost creeps across the moor Jim cleans tables in the local cafe a solitary figure struggling with OCD His job is a relief from the rituals that govern his nights Little would seem to connect them except that two seconds can change everything & if your world can be shattered in an instant can time also put it right?