Shocking events so traumatised an eleven-year-old boy that they remained in his memory for the rest of his life. As a child, Michal shared a home with his father and a housekeeper whom he adored. The father, Timon, was a highly successful science fiction author who, during the 1970s, used the genre to express his concerns about the environment at a time when it wasn't fashionable to do so. Timon was an introvert and emotionally detached from Michal and the world around him. He writes three particular books which become hugely successful, but in doing so, he makes enemies. The three books become known as Solomon's Trilogy, Solomon being the pseudonym used by Timon. The last of the three books results in the death of Timon. Michal, who has inherited his father's imagination and has a tendency to analyse people, suddenly finds himself a ward of the state. He is sent to a residential school, where he is called upon to use his imagination to resolve a very worrying problem.
