Little did Kathy realize when she decided to visit the lands of her distant ancestors that the pastoral green fields and rolling hills of the Basque countryside held a dark secret. She was simply going to visit the palace fortress containing the sepulchre of her ancestor, the count of Ayala.

She didn't know that Luis, who professed love for her and softened the wall she'd built around her heart after her husband's death, would betray her so cruelly.

She had no idea that she, a middle-aged widow, would become entangled in the purely evil intrigues of a Basque terrorist group, schemes that included kidnapping, assassination, bombings, and murder--her murder.