Young poet Gabriel Syme is drawn into a secret London world governed by seven men named after the days of the week. Pursuits and mounting uncertainty unsettle the distinctions between law and crime, and between those who hunt and those who are hunted.
Chesterton combines mystery, satire, and symbolism in a story concerned with fear, faith, deception, and duty. The enigmatic figure of Sunday stands behind its questions about order and chaos. This edition is translated into Arabic by Fatima Hassan.