В октябре 1917-го года мир изменился навсегда. Три человека смогли устроить государственный переворот в самой большой стране мира. Россия стала первым коммунистическим государством. Владимир Ленин, Лев Троцкий и Иосиф Сталин должны были драться, плести интриги и пробивать свой путь к власти сквозь невероятную череду событий...
The story revolves around a group of "Lads". The "leader" of this group of twenty somethings starts to head away the group's usual juvenile direction and head into career and marriage pursuits. The Best Man decides to create a video of the friends as a wedding present. In reality the video is supposed to help bring the leader back into the fold.
John Owen returns to the Choir School at the start of term to find that he is the youngest Singing Boy in the school. This means he must also be Beekeeper - a traditional role. One of the traditional duties of the Beekeeper is to sing a solo in the Cathedral. Owen hates and dreads the prospect, so he persuades the smallest boy in the school, Iddingley, to take his place. Then, while exploring one of the Cathedral towers without permission, Owen finds something which makes him change his mind, and solves a mystery which has been baffling people for hundreds of years...