Many of the aristocrats profiled in John Buchans novel The HalfHearted are beset with crippling doubts about their own lifestyles and characters Protagonist Lewis Haystoun is disgusted with his own inability to take a decisive stand on any issue of significance and sets about to cure himself by undertaking a lifeordeath campaign halfway around the world This crowdpleasing novel has something for everyone romance derringdo and plenty of action and adventure