The story initially focuses on Hannah Clayton's grandson Leigh in America describing the circumstances of his early years and ultimate orphan status, but it soon settles in to life at Willow Cottage in a small village in Lincolnshire where time unravels to reveal the big picture of Hannah and her extended family.Murder, abduction, and family tragedy mixed with extraordinary psychic happenings and close family bonds give this story a fantastical quality as it follows in the footsteps of "The Magic Mooncat".