TheGreatWarneverrelinquisheditsholdonScotlandYardInspectorIanRutledge,leavinghimhauntedandisolated,unabletoforget.Inthespringof1920,he’sdispatchedtoBerkshiretofindamissingmanwhosewarworkissosecretevenRutledgecannotknowitstruenature.Meanwhile,milesaway,anunidentifiedbodyhasbeendiscoveredintheruinsofaYorkshireabbey,clothedinamonk’srobeandwearingagasmask.Intheshadowofagreatwhitehorsecutintothechalkhillside--wherecottagesoncebuilttohousethesickanduntouchablenowshelteroutcastslikehimself--Rutledgemustextractaterribletruthfromthosewhohidefromthepast.Fordeathisneverquitefinishedwithanyone,leastofallthemenwhofoughtinthebloodytrenchesofFrance.
