A failed quarterback failed husband and failed human being finds redemption through the music of a failed songwriter. This roller-coaster thriller has its genesis in real events including the ' Accidental ' deaths of twenty two UK scientists all working on US missile systems. Morgan a drinking smoking womaniser is drawn to the iconic music of the seventies - Dylan Carole King Neil Young Led Zep - but when he acquires a rejected demo tape by a bluesy pianist his friends start to meet with bizarre ' Accidental ' deaths. It eventually dawns that HE is the target . Running to the Californian desert picking up the inevitable girl en-route he has no idea that he has stumbled. literally upon the biggest conspiracy the Intelligence Services have tried to hide since The Wall came down. The contrast between those who rule our lives and those who try to live by the rules is brought into sharp focus through a collection of disparate characters all having their own agenda. The underlying darkness of the message is almost totally masked by the nature of the ' Ripping Yarn.' The reader rides a wave of action humour pathos passion violence and even enlightenment.
