From the two-time winner of Canadas prestigious Governor Generals Award, a suspenseful story of greed, betrayal, murder, and a lottery ticket that may or may not be worth millions. For twenty years, Alex Chapman - a worn-out academic and failed priest - has been at war with his great-uncle James, a man known in his small-town community as 'The Tyrant'. Embittered and disillusioned, Alex believes that James is responsible for his harsh childhood, for the loss of his one true love, and, ultimately