

The heart of the book is the relationship between a castle's inhabitants and a group of soldiers who want to make it their stronghold.

Ken Nott, an incendiary radio announcer runs afoul of several people for various reasons, making the list of suspects quite large when someone drugs and attempts to kidnap him.

The crux of Transition is that the world we live in is one of an infinite range of parallel worlds, where agents are under the control of the Concern, a secretive organisation that guides them to intervene in particular societies.
The typographical cover represents the shifting, ambigious nature of the settings and characters.

Meet Joe Power, approaching forty and counting down . . . counting down every moment knowing that one day it will be his last.

(Slumdog Millionaire)
Ram Mohammed Thomas wins the biggest quiz show in history and is arrested for cheating, recounting his life while in jail. The book jacket charts the life of Ram through the eyes of the viewer.