Represented in this novel is a microcosm of what lies beneath the civilized facade of a New York society, and what lies are fed to gullible believers. Any facsimile to real persons or events may or may not be coincidental. That primarily depends on the point of view of the guilty as well as the innocent, and how they perceive themselves. Eric Soloman represents an effort to coerce the mind's eye to focus on two perspectives at the same time, that of the participant and that of the observer. The insurmountable anxieties throttling his ambition and the community in which he lives comprise the collisions that drive him to the point of inevitable madness. The contagious complacency of a self-serving society is the only thing separating him from possible acceptance. His struggles reflect the natural instincts of survival. His heart houses two windows. One through which he sees COURAGE, the other COWARDICE in his uncertain quest for life's elusive meaning.

Through her reading of Euripides'Bacchae, Colridge's Christabel, de Sade'sPhilosophy in the Bedroom, and Hitchcock'sPsycho author Alina M. Luna finds precedent for a destructive impulse lurking beneath the maternal gaze.

At the mercy of William the Conqueror, Lady Ann faces an uncertain future as Norman knights fight for her hand. Left alone after the death of all the male members of her household at the Battle of Hastings, Lady Ann finds herself at the mercy of William the Conqueror. The King intends to marry his knights to Saxon gentry. Ann becomes a useful if not uncooperative ally by using her ability to speak French to liaise with the terrified Saxon women and their potential husbands. She falls in love with a devastatingly handsome Norman blacksmith only to discover King William has plans for her to marry one of his knights.