Amber and Toby and Barney and Kitty. The four Alton children spend the hot Cornish summer playing on sun-baked lawns or building dens in the dark woods. Endless days of laughter and fun.
But no one foresees the storm that brings it all to a tragic end.
Afterwards, Black Rabbit Hall, their home, is twisted and changed. A place they won't all be strong enough to survive.
Now, thirty years later, a message from one of the Alton children is discovered carved into an old oak tree. Could the tangled truth of that terrible summer finally creep into the light?