Seeking to get away from it all and find a place to create a portfolio of his landscape art, Kevin Ford finds an Island Cottage for rent. As he travels to Idlesea and on to the Island and settles in to the cottage, unusual things happen. Everyday things just seem to happen. People appear when they are needed and disappear when they are finished. Not to be overwhelmed with these happenings Kevin decides to accept them as the norm. On finding some very old dust and cobweb-covered books in his room he reads the history of The Monarchy of Idlesea and how the people who live on the island came to be where they are.