Jack has spent most of his life in juvenile institutions, to be released with a new name, new job, new life. At 24, he is utterly innocent of the world, yet guilty of a childhood crime. Can he really start from scratch, forget the past, become someone else? Can Jack ever truly connect with his new friends while hiding a secret?
It was thanks to Lord Byron that Itchy ended up living in Chamonix Mont Blanc, among the high mountains and low morals. Now a serial rapist is stalking Cham's tourist-thronged streets, haunting the same shadows as Itchy and triggering an obsession which will lead him far from Europe's zenith, to the depths of the valley and himself.
Thanks to Lord Byron, Itchy ended up living in Chamonix Mont Blanc, the death-sport capital of the world. Now, a serial rapist is stalking Cham's tourist-thronged streets, haunting the same shadows as Itchy and triggering an obsession which will lead him far from Europe's zenith, to the depths of the valley and himself.