In this first book of The Bleakdale Grange trilogy we are introduced to the Brotherhood, a ruthless dictatorship of men over women who hold the latter accountable for much that ails society and the world at large. Furthermore, they know just what it takes to put a stop to it: severe and sustained corporal punishment!

Bleakdale Grange, a correctional facility for female offenders run by the Brotherhood, is the destination for many of the women sentenced under their punitive regime. Girls in their late teens to women in their forties and beyond make up classes of 30 'pupils' who are dressed as schoolgirls and made to attend a series of daily lessons.

In this first book of the trilogy we witness the punishment of the 'girls' of Form 4B, following their submission of unacceptable English homework (prep). English master, Mr Prentice, ably existed by two younger male monitors, shows no mercy as one by one the 'pupils' are called to the front of the class to suffer painful chastisements, inflicted by a variety of spanking implements, including hand, paddle, slipper and cane.

The punishments, which are severe, are described in great detail along with the reaction of the humiliated 'schoolgirls' as their painful spankings are administered.