A Buddha From Byron draws together a tangle of main characters, each a damaged victim of circumstance and the discourtesies of others. Their interaction creates unexpected choices for each of them. Unexpected choices, with unexpected consequences. Some good, some bad. What a Buddhist would call karma. Astrologists call turning thirty `The Saturn Return'. They say it will shake you to awake you. Witnessing a murder and being abducted will do that too. Amaranth Vaughan has always accepted being bullied and used, until the night it became life-threatening. That's where her line was drawn. There's always a risk in resistance, and harm lurks in the shadow of escape, but when you find yourself in danger, you find yourself.