The box, skillfully fashioned from wood and with a pattern of stars inlaid on its side, was clearly very old.

Intrigued by its age and craftsmanship, David Molloy bought it at the car boot sale in a Glasgow school playground, an acquisition that led to a series of nightmares which grew to exert an increasing influence upon relationship with his partner and his life.

It would lead him into a quest into his ancestry and, in doing, alter his understandings and attitudes forever.