Richard Templar is a man stuck in a rut and looking for a change. A timely intervention by his agent sets him on an investigation into the dubious background of the ruthless megalomaniac, Sir Rufus Blades. From a Scottish castle to the red-light district of Amsterdam, then onto Marbella, he follows different leads and meets some outlandish characters as this dangerous adventure spirals into the realms of the surreal and the bizarre.