Julian Jansen is a journalism student at the University of Queensland, following in his award-winning but deceased father's footsteps. In his third year, he stumbles upon a story that could be the start of a long, challenging but ultimately rewarding career. His investigation in the reported suicide deaths of several young men leads to a conspiracy involving terrible people from the other side of the world. However, when you bring to light the misdeeds of the rich and influential, you invite those with deleterious intent to your door. And unfortunately for Julian, before he realises the gravity of the situation, he disappears from campus without leaving as much as a coffee stain.

Angeline, Julian's mother, is desperate. The authorities have unable to find any clues in her son's disappearance and she doesn't know where to turn. That changes when an extraordinary woman appears at her door and points her in the direction of a Private Detective in Brisbane, one that can't be found in the yellow pages....

Haunted by an eternity of death, private detective Jason Conti walks with one foot in the physical world and one in the place between worlds; the place where the dead wait for their loved ones, the place where time has no meaning, and the place where those taken unjustly seek recompense. Some call it a gift, for others it's a curse, but for Jason it's a necessity, a calling, a battle that he must fight or die trying. In the physical world, he uses his unique skills to find the missing. In the place between worlds, he helps those trapped and unable to see the way forward. But for those who thrive in the place between worlds, he is the enemy, the bringer of light, the taker of darkness in a fight that has rage for as long as time has existed. And it's those pernicious spirits, the whisperers to the weak and damaged, who send killers to extinguish the light inside the man of two worlds.

   
Even before Angeline appears, desperately seeking his help, Jason senses the veil between world's weakening. And he feels those pernicious spirits gathering. To use his unique talent to find Julian, he must also battle the ultimate killer sent to extinguish his all-encompassing light.

 

And he must call upon all he has learnt on his long and relentless isolated road....