The peace of the English village is shattered with the discovery of the murdered infant. In his suspense-filled effort to find the killers and thwart the theft of what might be a vital secret, Kelly is brought to realize that to those who think in terms of millions of deaths, the murder of noen newly baptized infannt in a remote English village matters not at all. The question becomes not simply Who did this terrible thing? but If once we decide that one innocent life doesnt matter, can we not then justify the murder of whole world?