Building on the legacy of the 'Feakle Talks' with the IRA Army council (December 1974) the books chronicles:

The first official meeting that Gerry Adams had with any church. 

Responding to a joint call for help from John Hume and Gerry Adams. 

Several "red box" memos are revealed.

Meeting Martin McGuinness a fortnight after the Docklands/ Canary Wharf bomb.

Engagement across the board with all political parties and the Northern Ireland Office.

Facilitation of a leading businessman and a senior religious figure with republicans and for Dr John Reid, MP, SOSNI, with loyalists.

The divisions within the Methodist Church and between the main Protestant Churchs over the Anglo-Irish agreement (November 1985)

This book also covers:

The courage of a small number of individuals involved in the then secret 'Clonard Talks' with Gerry Adams before the first ceasefire aswell as Gordon Wilsons contact with the IRA. Parallel to these initiatives, former Presbyterian Moderators, Jack Weir and Godfrey Brown, were meeting Gerry Adams.

Vivian Simpson's role in mediation in Crumlin Road Gaol in 1972 and then meeting with senior IRA men in 1973 and the influence of Revd John Stewart with loyalists 1971-1977.

A chance conversation with Alistair Campbell leading to a Prime Ministerial sound-bite.

David Gallagher has been a member of the Methodist Church in Ireland's Council on Social Responsibility since 1986 and was the Northern Excutive's Lay Secretary from 1990-2003.