The war is over. Britain is finally at peace. But in 1948 it is not only London's buildings that lie in tatters.
When Juliette is committed to Moorvale Asylum her overriding memory is of her baby being snatched from her arms. She also has recall of expertly skiing through an endless mountain range. Doctor Silver favours all forms of shock-therapy and it seems doubtful Juliette will survive this.
A missing patient links Silver to a murder enquiry, while he seeks help from the Movement, an illegal cell he joined before the war. Certain this ideology is the model for a better world, unwittingly he becomes embroiled in added illicit schemes.
Fairies have lived at the asylum long before its workhouse days. Their Natural Law seeks to restore balance and harmony wherever possible. But without befriending children who believe, their realm faces final extinction. They prepare for the worst as these days no child could possibly discover them.
One by one, dark secrets are unearthed inside the walls of Moorvale. As the story twists and weaves, the reader is left spellbound and guessing until its magical conclusion.