They came silently to the Nursery Hotel, on the Isle of Man in the summer of 1959. Nobody knew them. Within three years they were the most potent force in world motor bike racing. This is a story of a whole dynasty of men who - for the first time - take the reader deep into the races, deep into the anguishes and the triumphant moments. Some of the names are familiar - Hailwood, Spencer, Gardner, Lawson - others relatively unknown.