Why do local people avoid Barrow Wood? Are the deaths there really due to natural causes or does something sinister lurk in its shadows? Nikki Hunter learns the truth when she encounters the Sidhe, the beautiful but deadly guardians of the land.

Forced into a conflict between two worlds, ancient and modern, Nikki must choose where her loyalties lie, knowing that, whatever choice she makes, it could result in the destruction of everything she loves.