Jack, Mick, Mahaney, and Walking Bear are all enjoying a respite from their career pressures when they are alerted to a possible strike on the Royal Family. Mahaney's recent trip to Northern Ireland to investigate a string of brutal bank robberies has left him suspicious of the SAS and the robberies' motivations. Possible action against the Royals by the military has everyone running scared.The same characters from O-roo, A Day Without Stars, Under the Spider Tree, and Slaughterhouse Creek are back for another rousing adventure of "Life in the Shadows."