MALACHY is treated as the mad 'middle brother', the black sheep of the family. Although loyal to his two best friends and genuinely accepting of Diarmuid's leadership, he's also volatile. Absorbing intense experiences each day by approaching everyone and everything with suspicious eyes has made him cynical. No one gets a second chance in his book. Now feeling powerless and disillusioned, darker problems of his own are beginning to bubble to the surface with shocking repercussions…