Martin Gilmour is an outsider. When he wins a scholarship to Burtonbury School, he doesn't wear the right clothes or speak with the right kind of accent. But then he meets the dazzling, popular and wealthy Ben Fitzmaurice; gaining admission to an exclusive world. But Martin has a secret. It is a secret that will bind the two of them together for the best part of 25 years. But Ben wouldn't do anything to damage their friendship... Would he?