Anne Garnett is no longer the weak, frightened teenager she was when she last faced Vince Chatham. Now she is proud, beautiful, and a high-powered divorce lawyer. And Vince is the new US senator from Colorado, exuding vitality, vigour and charm - and ambitious for the White House. Both of them have carefully constructed public faces that conceal a bitter, tormented past - and a nightmare that has haunted Anne for years. Now, as they face each other over the grave of Ethan Chatham, old wounds are savagely reopened and a conflict that began twenty-four years ago enters its final stages. A conflict that sweeps away their professional media images and reveals the raw savage enmity between them. A conflict for control over the family empire and name and for the leadersip and love of the family. Tamarack, Colorado, the beautiful mountain playground of the rich and famous, the jewel in the family's empire is the paradise that turns into a battleground. From there to the treacherous political enclaves of Washington and to remote reaches of Egypt.