A gripping novel about a successful publishing company named Emerald House. Archbishop Aloysius J Hennessy relentlessly attacks Emerald House through its top crime writer, Daniel Doyle. Doyle is a prolific fiction crime writer. In his novels, he persistently demeans the Church and its clergy in negative suggestions. Archbishop Hennessy has his own financial agenda. Years earlier he partnered with a prosperous financial consultant. Their goal is to wrest control of Emerald House from its founder, Doctor Brendahn Cleary. The novel is set in a Midwestern American city, and touches briefly in Pearl Harbor and Viet Nam. Intrigue, deception and passion wends its way through the pages. A cottage in Ireland sets the stage for popular crime writer, Daniel Doyle to face his demons. Does the city of Toronto hold the key to his suffering. Follow Archbishop Hennessy as he influences the two young priests under his tutelage, introducing them to sin and degradation. A clandestine visit from Father Polita an envoy attached to the Vatican Curia terrifies young Father Rossi on the Archbishops staff causing him to rethink his Holy Orders.