Hew Cullan is disillusioned with his legal studies.
He moves to Edinburgh and forms dangerous friends, and events lead him to make disturbing discoveries.
After a girl is found dead on the beach he finds himself unable to resist the text\'s influence.
After his father\'s death he finds a manuscript \'In Defence of the Law\' in amongst his things.
Hew Cullan is disillusioned with his legal studies