Trailblazing headmaster, acclaimed novelist, and media star, Patrick Balfour seems to have it all. But there’s nothing remotely appealing about the crimes for which, one morning, he’s arrested. Patrick Balfour has been leading a secret life—some of which has been caught on film. The police have conclusive evidence that he’s a thief, fraudster, and pedophile. Or is he? Has Patrick, blazing through life like a meteor, managed to extinguish someone else’s flame? Has he hurt someone so badly that they will go to the most extreme lengths—stealing his identity—to wreak revenge?