In every town, perhaps in every street, there is a child at the top of a dark staircase. No-one sees. No-one knows. He hides in the corner of his room as down below, the sounds of fighting between his parents comes up to him… yet again. He cuts himself… it’s his fault… he believes so. He is learning that life is anger… only anger. And he will take it throughout his days.. anger is his 'home'… his victims are everything and everyone. And he grows and marries… has a child… and his child  hides in the corner of his room as down below the sounds of fighting between his parents comes up to him… again… and again…and…again!

 A woman trembles as a key turns in the lock. She will be abused… again! No-one sees. No-one knows. No distinction, no separation. All forms of abuse follow the same aetiological pathways whether directed toward the child, the vulnerable adult or to the family pet. ALL are part of the same ‘Cycles of Abuse’. They lie empty in the darkness.... the battered creatures. The silent exercise of coercive power… enacted across a city… across a nation… across a continent! But this hidden abuse CAN be found! By exploring beyond the abuse of an animal, darkened rooms can be illuminated and hidden abuse revealed for the first time. ‘The Link’ is the light which can illuminate the darkness and save the vulnerable.