Jake Corrie has lived most of his life in Glasgow, having experienced one tragedy after another; his mother dying just after his birth, his father and brother lost in a tragic road accident. He returns to his Highland birthplace, planning to reunite with his childhood sweetheart, only to find her already married.
Pasiphae was defeated, and the threat from Hades quashed.
Yet Kiípos lurches relentlessly toward oblivion.
The world is dying and mankind with it.