The Clearances seem to have come to Scotland again and Pike finds himself working on the side of villainy.
Pike finds himself a bad risk when he gets the credit for blackmailing an ex-employer.
Employed to collect money owed for damage to a club, Pike gets involved in a complicated case of fraud.
Pike finds that a motorway site can be pretty unhealthy, even if you're trying to pay a debt instead of collecting it.
Who is Pike really following? And come to that, who is really following Pike?
The search for a missing girl takes Pike to the Hebridean island of Falibost, where he encounters the army.