It seemed that “golden days” had finally arrived in Billy Day’s life. Manchester gangsters left him alone, he bought a house, his fifth novel is about to be published, film offers for his books have come in, and he’s finally getting married. And just the night before his wedding, he receives a postcard with ominous skulls, then discovers a body hanging in a tree, and after that his friend Zlydnen appears—someone he once tried to kill… And once again, Billy’s life goes careening off the rails.