Some readers of the earlier book "Breaking Chains" have expressed curiosity about events referred to, but not fully explained, in that story. It is clearly understood that, some two years or more prior to the opening of "Breaking Chains", Abby Montrayne was kidnapped. It is also clear that a young man named Richard figured somehow as the initiator of those events. However, where he came from is a mystery, and how he inserted himself into the Montrayne...