A refreshing account of a story of being drawn into something you don't want to do, knowing its potential to bring down the curtain on everything you have worked for in professional sport. The moral dilemma that you can face knowing what's right and what is wrong, yet ultimately paying the price and the start of a journey to building redemption. Cycling has never been high on my list of sports that I am interested in but with my father's deep interest in the sport and our constant visits to France as a youngster, I have always been acutely aware of the sport and followed it from afar, yet always kept my distance from it on the back of the long with standing issues that have long tainted the sport of Cycling.

Being fascinated by sport and its inner workings, in particular, criminal activity, I took a chance on reading this book fearing that it wouldn't quite keep my interest enough and it would become a chore to read. However, thankfully I have never been more wrong when it comes to reading a sports book and this was a book that I wanted to keep coming back too, time and time again to get it finished. As with many stars in the world of sport, David Millar comes from a disjointed background that has all the early life tribulations such as parental divorce, moving away from home and the deep rebellious streak that always threatened careers before they had even got off the ground. As always, common sense and a pragmatic realisation of being involved in professional sport won over, along with clear talent.

Millar throughout the book comes across as a reluctant doper and for so long resisted the life of many a professional cyclist until being unable to resist the pressures that come in sport and giving in to temptation. Always seemingly fighting against a tidal wave of emotions drawing him into the doping game, the charismatic Scot gives a deep and honest account of how his life was to be defined by doping. The book casts serious light on what was going on within the sport and how for so long, a blind eye was turned by those from within the sport and by those also outside of the sport, looking in. If you want to understand what is going on within Cycling, Millar's book is a fascinating insight into the life of professional cycling and looking into the deep rooted problems that are still prevalent today.

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